{"id":1390,"date":"2013-07-16T18:05:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T18:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/?page_id=1390"},"modified":"2014-04-11T19:54:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T19:54:56","slug":"oracle-campus-tour-computer-programming-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/?page_id=1390","title":{"rendered":"2013 Oracle Campus Tour &#038; Computer Programming Workshop for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/us\/design\/oracle-building-1500304.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Oracle is hosting a one-day Make the Future Java workshops <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for children ages 13 and up<\/span>.\u00a0 The event is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free<\/span>, but space is limited. Taleem Initiative has reserved 24 seats for the event, so registration will be first come, first served.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Program Details:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Make The Future Java Alice Workshops:<\/strong> Taught by Oracle Academy instructors and Carnegie Mellon computer science professors, the one-day beginner workshop will use the award-winning Alice visual 3-D educational tool. With a drag-and-drop interface, Alice is designed to help students learn the Java programming language by creating animations and games. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a> and view <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrew.cmu.edu\/user\/dslater\/screencasts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alice screencasts<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Tour of Oracle Headquarters: <\/strong>Taleem Initiative&#8217;s students will get to tour the Oracle campus. The picturess\u00a0campus located in Redwood Shores employees over 7,000 people (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=oracle+headquarters&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=DrB&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=cJblUeimFcvoiAL4vIGQCA&amp;ved=0CEkQsAQ&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=981\">see pictures here<\/a>).\u00a0Students will also meet engineers from Oracle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Much More: <\/strong>Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided. You will go home with free Oracle gear. Don&#8217;t miss this event!!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Time<\/strong>: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">July 31st, 2013 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Oracle Conference Center, 350 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> Children ages 13 and up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> None. No prior programming experience or laptop necessary. A laptop and all required tools will be provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>Registration Form:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Registration is now closed.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span>_________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Make The Future Java WorkShop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oracleimg.com\/us\/dm\/h2fy11\/java-one-1969343.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"120\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>What is JAVA?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> Java is one of the world\u2019s most popular programming languages; it is used by more than nine million developers and powers more than three billion devices. As the steward of Java, Oracle is committed both to the investment in Java technology and in creative ways to educate a new generation about Java and the opportunities it brings.You can connect with Oracle Java at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ilovejava\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/java\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>About Oracle:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Oracle Corporation is the world&#8217;s largest enterprise software company, offering solutions for middleware, business intelligence, business applications, and collaboration. Oracle company headquarters are located in Redwood Shores, CA (between San Jose and San Francisco). Oracle was founded in 1977 and now employs over 100,000 people worldwide.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\"> http:\/\/www.oracle.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle is hosting a one-day Make the Future Java workshops for children ages 13 and up.\u00a0 The event is free, but space is limited. 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