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Oracle Education Initiatives:
Preparing Students to Compete in a Flat World
Diana Richie
Director, K-12 Education (North America)
Oracle Education Foundation
• Dedicated to narrowing the digital divide by helping equip
students with 21st century skills
• email & collaboration
• interviewing & presentation
• project management
• web development
• database & programming fundamentals
• Serving over 7,000 institutions and 600,000 students world-wide
with technology grants exceeding $2B each year
• Listed as #9 on Business Week’s list of the largest in-kind givers
The Oracle Education Foundation
Think.com
www.think.com
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A free service providing web pages, email
accounts and collaboration tools to schools
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Protected, global environment.
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Centrally hosted; only need a browser
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Content review tools for teachers
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Online training and support
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100% Free with no advertising
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150,000 members participating in 18 countries
and six languages
ThinkQuest
www.thinkquest.org
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International competition to build the best
educational website
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Teams of 3-6 students, ages 9-19
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Project-based learning experience
Over 6,000 great educational sites
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Created by students,for students
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Last year’s competition included over
11,000 participants from 70 countries
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Named “Best Internet Site for Kids” by
Common Sense Media, Apr 2005
Oracle Academy
http://academy.oracle.com
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Provides secondary school
students with technology and business skills
required for 21st century careers.
Currently supporting 10,000 students in
600 schools across 18 countries.
Participating schools receive
an in-kind grant valued at
$250,666 per teacher, per course(includes
professional development, on-line
curriculum, discounts on certification exams
and self-test software)
Meets Carl Perkins criteria
Leads to industry certifications
District pays $500 per instructor plus travel
to SFO for 6 days of on-site training
Curriculum and Certification Programs
for High School Students
Course Title
Hours
Certification
Database Programming
with SQL
150
OCA PL/SQL
Developer:
Exam #1
Database Programming
with PL/SQL (FY07)
75
OCA PL/SQL
Developer:
Exam #2
TBD
OCA 10g
Administrator
Database Administration I
(FY08)
“When there are no
boundaries to information,
learning is limitless.”
Larry Ellison, CEO
Oracle Corporation