Podcasts Technology Gordon And Mike's ICT Podcast An Interview With The Cisco Packet Tracer Team - Packet Tracer 5.1 [17:58]

An Interview With The Cisco Packet Tracer Team - Packet Tracer 5.1 [17:58]

Published: Feb. 28, 2009, 8:20 p.m.

b'At the National Science Foundation sponsored Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) combined (The Mid Pacific Center for ICT and The National Center for ICT )\\nwinter conference last month held at the City College of San Francisco,\\nI had the opportunity to interview three key members of the Cisco\\nSystems Packet Tracer Team - Dennis Frezzo, Isaac Majerowicz and Mark\\nChen.

Packet Tracer is a network simulator used by hundreds of thousands of Cisco Networking Academy students around the world. Recently, Packet Tracer version 5.1 was released - here\'s so info from an FAQ on the product found on the Packet Tracer website:

Packet\\nTracer (PT) 5.1 is a comprehensive, networking technology teaching and\\nlearning\\xa0 program that offers a unique combination of realistic\\nsimulation and visualization experiences, assessment and activity\\nauthoring capabilities, and opportunities for multiuser collaboration\\xa0\\nand competition. Innovative features of the PT 5.1 software will help\\nstudents and teachers\\xa0 collaborate, solve problems, and learn concepts\\nin an engaging and dynamic social environment. Some of the benefits of\\nPacket Tracer 5.1 are as follows:
  • Provides a realistic simulation and visualization learning environment that supplements classroom equipment
  • Enables multiuser, real-time collaboration and competition for dynamic learning \\xa0
  • Enables authoring and localization of structured learning activities such as labs,\\xa0 demonstrations, quizzes, exams, and games
  • Empowers students to explore concepts, conduct experiments, and test their understanding
  • Allows students and teachers to design, build, configure, and troubleshoot networks using\\xa0 virtual equipment \\xa0
  • Supports a variety of teaching and learning tasks such as lectures, group and individual\\xa0 labs, homework, and competitions \\xa0
  • Supports\\nintegration with external applications through an API to enhance the\\nfunctionality\\xa0 of Packet Tracer in areas such as curriculum and\\nassessment delivery, games, accessibility,\\xa0 and interfacing with real\\nequipment.\\xa0
\\n\\nIn the interview, the team describes the Packet Tracer product. Part 1 and part 2 of the interview are shown below:
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\\nI\'m really excited about version 5.1 - especially when you consider\\nthe user base. The ability to integrate Packet Tracer 5.1 with\\nexternal applications will provide some innovative academic and\\ntraining solutions. You can find out more about the Cisco Network Academy and Packet Tracer here.
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