education
The Future of Interactive Whiteboards
Craig Tranter is a former educator, and now serves as a technology presenter for Cisco. This blog is part of a series on advancements and opportunities in education. All views are his own. One thing that all teachers will be fairly familiar with by now is the use of Interactive White Boards (IWBs).…
Colombia Rising Stars get DevNet Training at Cisco HQ
A partner in education This week at Cisco headquarters in San Jose, California, we’ve had the pleasure of welcoming the winners of the eighth edition of the SENASoft competition. SENASoft is organized by the National Training Service (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje – SENA) which is a nationa…
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education
Craig Tranter is a former educator, and now serves as a technology presenter for Cisco. This blog is the seventh in his series on advancements and opportunities in education. All views are his own. Textbook and PowerPoint are old hat now. So, what can we do as educators to really bring the classroo…
Putting E-rate Funding to Work: A Peek at One Oklahoma School’s Transformation
What is E-rate? Since 1998, E-rate has been the largest source of federal funding for schools and libraries. The program has contributed $47B to support libraries and schools in building wireless networks and Internet connections. Since program modernization by the Federal Communications Commission,…
Cisco Networking Academy Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Citizenship Award
free Every year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation honors businesses for their strategic and sustained positive impact on people, communities, the environment, and society. Cisco is proud to have been selected as the winner for this year’s Citizens Awards, in the Best Commitment to Education P…
The Future of Bots and Artificial Intelligence
Craig Tranter is a former educator, and now serves as a technology presenter for Cisco. This blog is the sixth in his series on advancements and opportunities in education. All views are his own. Last time you were introduced to Cisco Spark, so I hope you followed the link and downloaded the free v…
How Collaboration Tools and Apps Can Drive Student Success
Craig Tranter is a former educator, and now serves as a technology presenter for Cisco. This blog is the fifth in his series on advancements and opportunities in education. All views are his own. There are many different ways that we like to communicate and there are trends in communication prefere…
Disruption in Our Learning Cultures Develops Families as Learning Partners
Ymasumac Marañón Davis is an educational consultant, intuitive life coach and author. This blog is the fourth in a series around access. All thoughts are her own. Today, technology is a bullet train rapidly transforming every sector in society. Disruption is evident in companies like Airbnb and Lyf…
Meetings for Everyone: 1 Billion or Bust
I have been at Cisco for 22 years. In that time, I’ve never felt a transition of this magnitude. We are moving our customers to the cloud and changing the way we do business with you – two radical transformations that promise enormous benefits. You get better user experiences and easier deployment o…
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