Educational Program

In our program, students work alongside Oracle Volunteer coaches as they engage in multiday classes at the intersection of coding, physical computing, design thinking, and futures thinking.

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.

Learn more about our partners

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.

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.
Design thinking

Students learn design thinking, a methodology for creative problem-solving and innovation, anchored in human-centered design.
Futures thinking

Students learn to bridge design thinking and futures thinking so what they design today helps bring about a preferred future.
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.

Neural Networks

Students learn how to use neural networks to build and train an image classifier to solve a real-world problem.
TinyML

Students explore how a combination of machine learning and tiny computing devices can be used to improve lots of things.
Game Design

Students design and code games that motivate players’ positive behaviors.
Web App Design

Students learn web development and design fundamentals as they build an app to make their community an even better place.
Discover Data

Students uncover hidden stories in large data sets and design data-driven action plans to help shape a thriving future.
3D Design

Students create digital art, assets, and scenes depicting preferred futures in which society, the economy, technology, and ecology thrive.
Data Story Design

Students explore coding as a means of creating artistic, interactive visuals that tell compelling stories using data.
Physical Computing

Students blend open-hardware and coding to design and build prototypes that solve problems and meet users’ needs.
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.