oracle academy and thinkquest - java summer workshop 2011
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Oracle Corporate CitizenshipColleen CassityExecutive DirectorOracle Education FoundationOracle Giving & Volunteers
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“When there are no boundaries to information,
learning is limitless.”
Larry EllisonCEO, Oracle
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Advancing Education
• Two programs:• Oracle Academy• ThinkQuest
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Oracle Academy
• Students gain IT and business skillsthrough hands-on experience
• High schools receive hosted software, curriculum, training, and certification resources for teaching use
• Introduction to Computer Science:• Database design & programming with SQL
• Programming with PL/SQL
• Programming with Java coming next summer
• Supports 700,000 students in 86 countries
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Oracle Education Foundation
• Independent charitable organization funded by Oracle
• Dedicated to helping students develop 21st century skills
• Provides ThinkQuest as a free service to schools globally
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ThinkQuest• Enables teachers to integrate learning
projects into curriculum and students to develop 21st century skills
• Includes:
• Projects, a protected online collaboration space
• Competition
• Library
• Professional development
• 500,000 students/teachers in 60 countries
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Did I mention it’s all free?
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Where Can I Learn More?
• academy.oracle.com • thinkquest.org• oraclefoundation.org• facebook.com/thinkquest• youtube.com/user/OracleFoundation
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