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.com www.think.com www.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. ThinkQuest www.thinkquest.orgwww.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 Academy http://academy.oracle.com Provides secondary school students with technology and business skills required for 21 st 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 Course Title HoursCertification Database Programming with SQL 150 OCA PL/SQL Developer: Exam #1 Database Programming with PL/SQL (FY07) 75 OCA PL/SQL Developer: Exam #2 Database Administration I (FY08) TBD OCA 10g Administrator

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