Recent Posts by Denise Hobbs

Now more than ever, virtual learning options developed by expert educators are critical resources that faculty need to keep learners engaged. To support member institutions and educators in meeting this need, Oracle Academy offers free, proven expert computing education curriculum. These curriculum resources focus on database, Java, Oracle cloud access, computing teaching and learning, software, and more—all free and available using only a browser. With a large push to move...

To help meet educators’ needs for engaging and robust virtual teaching assets, Oracle Academy offers member institutions and educators free expert computing education curriculum, access to Oracle Cloud and Autonomous Database, Java practice environments through Oracle APEX, technology and software, and other resources—all free and available using only a browser. On May 20, 2020, Tyra Crockett, Oracle Academy Sr. Marketing Manager for North America; NetSuite Center of Excellence...

On April 14, 2020, North America Oracle Academy member educators had the opportunity to attend a live webinar, Using Alice to Teach Programming. The session offered an overview in teaching students Java programming basics in a virtual environment. Tyra Crockett, Oracle Academy Sr. Marketing Manager for North America, and Alice Project Executive Director, Eric Brown, presented a live webcast providing an overview of Alice and highlighting tips and tricks on how to engage...

Oracle Academy, in collaboration with Collegiate Pathways, hosted hands-on learning workshops for high school girls in Florida by supporting the Tech Sassy Girlz conference in October 2019. This annual event, held in Central Florida, helps to bridge the learning gap for minority female high school students by providing relevant, thought-provoking, programming workshops to encourage life-long learning and future career endeavors in computer science and related technology...

On October 7-8, 2019, Oracle Academy supported the 2019 Utah STEMfest at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah. Utah STEMfest offered students grades 6-10 the opportunity to experience fun hands-on activities in all areas of STEM, including seeing the inner workings of an electronic car, planting their own plants, and creating animations with Alice, a block-based, object-oriented programming environment based on Alice in Wonderland. Nearly 800 students visited the...

  For the fifth year running, Oracle Academy supported Oracle Code 4 Kids, hosted by Oracle Code One, which this year took place September 15, 2019, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, just prior to Oracle Code One for developers and Oracle Open World. Designed to inspire the next generation of developers, Oracle Code 4 Kids offers youth ages 10 to 16 a day of unmatched technological fun. Kids animated with Alice, learned the language of Python, created Minecraft mods...

To help support computer science educators and provide them with access to inspiring, hands-on resources to teach computer science, Oracle Academy was pleased to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2019 Computer Science Teachers Association Annual Conference. The conference took place in Phoenix, July 8-10. As we have for the past several years, Oracle Academy provided 29 teacher scholarships to first-time CSTA conference attendees so they had the opportunity to attend this exciting...

Building educator content knowledge is a key component to advancing computing technology education today. Summer 2019 found the Oracle Academy North America team working with local and state Computer Science Teacher Association chapter partners to systemically bring free educator professional development for the purpose of helping educators to reach their computing technology education goals. Below are just a few examples of our joint collaboration: New Mexico Computer Science...

In July 2019, Houston Independent School District (HISD) teachers gathered at Worthington High School prepared to spend a week advancing their Java knowledge! With varying degrees of experience with Java content, the teachers were able to come together to elevate their knowledge and enjoy learning about new Java resources, including classroom curriculum and hands-on labs, they could use the in the classroom to teach students. HISD has been a member of the Oracle Academy...