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Oracle Education Initiatives: Preparing Students to Compete in a Flat World

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

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Oracle Education Initiatives: Preparing Students to Compete in a Flat World

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  1. Oracle Education Initiatives:Preparing Students to Compete in a Flat World Diana Richie Director, K-12 Education (North America)

  2. 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

  3. The Oracle Education Foundation

  4. Think.comwww.think.com • A free service providing web pages, email accounts and collaboration tools to schools • Protected, global environment. • Centrally hosted; only need a browser • Content review tools for teachers • Online training and support • 100% Free with no advertising • 150,000 members participating in 18 countries and six languages

  5. ThinkQuestwww.thinkquest.org • International competition to build the best educational website • Teams of 3-6 students, ages 9-19 • Project-based learning experience • Over 6,000 great educational sites • Created by students,for students • Last year’s competition included over 11,000 participants from 70 countries • Named “Best Internet Site for Kids” by Common Sense Media, Apr 2005

  6. Oracle Academyhttp://academy.oracle.com • 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

  7. Curriculum and Certification Programs for High School Students

  8. “When there are no boundaries to information, learning is limitless.” Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle Corporation

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