

Oracle Education Foundation is on a mission to help young people learn how to innovate, solve problems with technology, and shape a better future.
Our partners
Oracle Education Foundation reaches students by collaborating with select schools and nonprofit organizations neighboring Oracle hubs. We offer in-person and hybrid engagements that connect students to the talented people of Oracle.

How it works
Oracle Education Foundation’s team of experienced educators designs curricula for and with our partners. Foundation instructors deliver classes with the support of Oracle Volunteer coaches—technologists and businesspeople—who donate their time and talent to work with students.
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Technical content
Each Foundation class focuses on a technical topic. Students engage with software and hardware and use technology as a tool to solve problems.
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Design thinking
Students learn design thinking, a methodology for creative problem-solving and innovation, anchored in human-centered design.
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Futures thinking
Students learn to bridge design thinking and futures thinking so what they design today helps bring about a preferred future.
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Prototype
Students emerge from our classes with the first iteration of a prototype they developed using technical skills, design thinking, and futures thinking.
Educational classes
Here are examples of classes in our current rotation.
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Neural Networks
Students learn how to use neural networks to build and train an image classifier to solve a real-world problem.
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TinyML
Students explore how a combination of machine learning and tiny computing devices can be used to improve lots of things.
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Game Design
Students design and code games that motivate players’ positive behaviors.
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Web App Design
Students learn web development and design fundamentals as they build an app to make their community an even better place.
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Discover Data
Students uncover hidden stories in large data sets and design data-driven action plans to help shape a thriving future.
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3D Design
Students create digital art, assets, and scenes depicting preferred futures in which society, the economy, technology, and ecology thrive.
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Data Story Design
Students explore coding as a means of creating artistic, interactive visuals that tell compelling stories using data.
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Physical Computing
Students blend open-hardware and coding to design and build prototypes that solve problems and meet users’ needs.
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Coding with Physics
Students design and code games that make use of physics concepts such as gravity, friction, collisions, and forces.
Innovation Showcase
The Innovation Showcase, presented by Oracle Education Foundation and Design Tech High School at Oracle, is an annual event at which students present their creative solutions to a wide range of challenges with practical and relentless optimism.
Highlights of our activities
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Oracle Education Foundation 3D Design Class for Girls
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All Jacked Up—A Student 3D Project Presented by Oracle Education Foundation
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Conservation Tech with Oracle Education Foundation and National Geographic
Impact at a glance as of 2024
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4,000student innovators enrolled in Foundation classes
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80,000student hours spent learning to design, code, and create
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33,000Oracle Volunteer hours spent helping students learn
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133Oracle Education Foundation classes
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10educational partners in the Americas
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1,244Oracle Volunteers donated their time to coach students