The Oracle Academy Supports 1.5 million students in 95 countries • Provide software, curriculum, training, support and certification resources to non-profit academic institutions • Curriculum helps to prepare students for Oracle industry certification • Introduction to Computer Science Curriculum topics include Database Design, SQL, PL/SQL, and Java
Getting Started with Java Using Alice 3 • Delivery modalities: – One-day in-class workshop – 3 Virtual Classroom sessions – Single module in Java Fundamentals course
• Uses Alice 3.1 • Curriculum Goal: – Broaden teachers’ programming knowledge – Incorporate programming and animation creation into any academic subject
Why Alice? • Exceptional tool developed at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Virginia in 1999 • Full class implementation in the Alice 3.1 version • Resources readily available • Engaging tool that is successfully exposing computer science to girls