You are a Network Technician assigned to a design team for HopperNet. Your design team has worked together two years designing networks for client

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1 SREB/High Schools That Work/Technical Centers That Work Enhanced CTE Programs Development Project Unit Plan Project Title: No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network Teacher: Beth Hall Course(s): Cisco Networking Academy: IT Essentials, Introduction to Networks; Computer Networking; Computer Maintenance Duration of Project and Placement in Course Scope and Sequence: 10 to 15 days Project Essential Question: How does a wireless network design affect worker efficiency? Technical Content Standards: Indiana Department of Education Academic Standards Course Framework, Bridges to the Internet : ternet.pdf Domain Bridging, Switching, and Routing Core Standard 1 Students integrate network technologies using bridging, switching and routing to build fault tolerant networks. Indiana Department of Education Academic Standards Course Framework, Networking Fundamentals : Domain 2 Network Media and Topologies Core Standard 2 Students apply and adapt appropriate network media and topologies to maintain a functional network. Indiana Department of Education Academic Standards Course Framework, IT Essentials : Domain Research Core Standard 1 Students evaluate various resources to classify relevance of information for reporting purposes. ITE-1.1 Use advanced searching techniques to evaluate and select appropriate sources from a variety of resources SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 1

2 Domain Technology as a Planning and Productivity Tool Core Standard 2 Students integrate technology to arrange materials and solve problems efficiently. ITE-2.2 Use appropriate technology to plan, develop, edit and present material to different types of audiences both in a group or individually (i.e., paper, web page, multimedia presentation, publications, speech, hypermedia, etc.) ITE-2.3 Integrate information and communication technology to analyze a real-world problem, design and implement procedures to monitor information, set timelines, and evaluate progress toward the solution Project Description: You are: You are a Network Technician assigned to a design team for HopperNet. Your design team has worked together two years designing networks for client You are faced with: A client, Acme Corporation, needs a wireless network for its corporate offices. You have been asked to design a wireless network that will allow Acme Corporation s employees to move throughout the workplace while remaining continuously connected to the network via their wireless devices. Your team is competing against several other networking companies for the Acme Corporation s design job. Technical Prompt Your team must research, design, and evaluate a wireless network for Acme Corporation. Steps in the design process may include researching various wireless standards. a hardware list power sources for hardware mapped wireless access point (physical topology) performance expectations including fault tolerance scalability, anticipating technology changes in the next ten years security FCC licensing if necessary Literacy Prompt Your team will research wireless technology to justify your design. You will prepare a written proposal with timeline and give an oral presentation to the IT Manager. You must document SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 2

3 your resources used to support your work. Science Prompt Your team will research variations within the job site that may potentially impact the wireless network medium, radio waves, including: Weather (such as outside on the loading dock) Physical barriers (steel racks, for example) Sources of EMI, RFI, etc. Math Prompt Your team will calculate the area of coverage for the entire network based on blueprints of the job site. The final proposal with include the total cost of the network including installation costs. English: Academic Standards CC Literacy Standards for Technical Subjects Reading Standards for Literacy in Tech Subs, RT.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account RT.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results ba explanations in the text. Writing Standards for Literacy in Tech Subs, WT.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience RT.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem RT.8 Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a technical subject, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information. Science: SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 3

4 Indiana Department of Education Science Standards SCI.P Light and Optics Understand the geometric nature of light propagation and its wave nature as observed in the propagation of light through space and its interactions with and in matter. SCI.P Describe the electromagnetic spectrum (i.e., radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays) in terms of frequency, wavelength and energy. Recognize that all these waves travel in a vacuum at the same speed. Math: CCSI-Math Standards, Geometry 7.G Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume. CCSI-Math Standards, Geometry 8.G Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem. CC Math Practices Standard 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them Standard 5: Use appropriate tools strategically 21st Century Skills/Habits of Success/All Aspects of Industry P21Standard: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Exercise sound reasoning and analytical thinking: use knowledge, facts, and data to solve workplace problems; apply math and science concepts to problem solving. Teams will research wireless standards, then apply it to design a wireless network to meet the needs of a company. Thinking like a Professional: The Design or Problem-Solving Process Think about the just-in-time instruction students would need to have prior to accomplishing each of the steps in the design or problem-solving process. Include both technical and academic just-in-time instruction. Ask/Inquire Teaming Problem Identification & Entry Event and Project Launch? Introduce the project and give each student the project description. Have students think-pairshare their questions about the project logistics. Youtube video? SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 4

5 What will you do during this phase of the process? Students should share their questions, thoughts, concerns and ideas with their partner, then with the group. Each group should write a list of what they know and what they need to research to start the project. Each group should document possible resources (Web sites, etc.) that could be used for the project. Establish the teams for this project. Have each team meet to organize each member role and responsibilities. The team must create a timeline for each phase of the project to meet the deadlines. Each team will provide the instructor with each team member s responsibilities and a written plan of action with timeline for the instructor s approval. Imagine Development Research & Teams will research wireless networks and any other pertinent topics, recording the resources used (URLs, etc.). Plan Design Based on the floor plan provided, design a plan for wireless coverage for the building. The design should include a hardware list (with costs), security and physical topology. Create, Test & Evaluate Each team will create and test the network using Packet Tracer, documenting the results of SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 5

6 each test for comparison. Each test will include the topology with hardware and software used lists. Improve Make changes to the initial design to enhance and improve networking performance, scalability and security based on the team s test results. Document any changes and why they are being implemented, as well as defend any additional costs. Communicate Each team will present their final design and documentation, in both written and oral formats, to a group representing Acme Corporation. Written report with include all citations in APA format. Thinking like a Professional: The Professional Notebook What are the essential components of the Professional Notebook students will keep for this project? Each student will maintain a notebook documenting each step of the project. All supporting documentation used for this project should be recorded in the notebook (URL, book, etc.) that will be used to create the citation for the written final design document. How will you use the Professional Notebook to assess the work on this project? SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 6

7 The notebook will be used as a reference for supporting evidence as well as citations. The notebook will be collected at various stages throughout the project for the instructor to review both content and organization. SREB Enhanced CTE v No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network 7