Over 120 speakers from Serbia, the region and the UK shared their experience and ideas with the audience at the 'New Technologies in Education 2016' conference. Find out who were the speakers and what were the topics they covered in their presentations.
Have a look at the list of the speakers that spoke at the event last year.
Tina is a creative educator with a Master's Degree in Computer Science. She has taught Computer Science, Maths, and Art in schools and has worked as a developer and facilitator in the tech Industry. She joined Ada in 2016 and helped build the Computer Science Curriculum and shape the College in becoming a beacon of best practice in the teaching and learning of Digital Skills.
Ada's approach to education is rooted it digital but includes teaching the skills that our industry partners tell us time and time again they need in their future workforce. We develop creative problem solvers who build new maps for the future using technology. They are collaborators encouraged to think broadly beyond mastering technology to understanding the impact that technology has on us all.
Željko Jovanović manages digital initiatives in this part of the world, from the Western Balkans, across Turkey to Russia and Uzbekistan. Over the past three years, he delivered series of social media workshops both internally and externally, working with the NGO sector and companies, including Vodafone Albania, UNICEF in Turkey, EU Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina and others.
He is also a member of the British Council’s global Team Social, a group of social media leaders for the organisation that have the aim to additionally integrate direct, innovative and more personal interaction with those who are interested in cultural relations, extending that experience to the digital playground across the world.
Currently, he is working on a tighter integration of traditional and digital marketing activities within the British Council’s arts, educational and other programmes.
Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. The concept of solutions being driven to address specific customer challenges has been with Cisco since its inception. A couple that was working for Stanford University, wanted to email each other from their offices located in different buildings but were unable to due to technological shortcomings. A technology had to be invented to deal with disparate local area protocols; and as a result - the multi-protocol router was born.
Comtrade Distribution is part of Comtrade Group and is a regional leader in distribution of IT equipment, consumer electronics and mobile phones. Inspired by Comtrade’s Tesla brand, EDU mobile platform enables interactive learning, access to educational content and connection of all participants in the educational process, supported by a network platform provided by a world-renowned company Cisco.
TECHNICAL PARTNER
Apple Authorized Training Partner Crossover, on the basis of achieved results awarded with PREMIUM status that only six other Apple Training Partners have throughout Europe (Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Netherlands). Training and certification in application development, MacOS training, Apple technician, iOS Deployment and Pro Applications.
LINK group is a leading regional company that has been providing professional education and certification in IT and modern business for 20 years. A leader in distance learning and the development of online education software, the company operates in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova, while through distance learning, it brings together students from over 120 countries.
INTERNET PARTNER
By fostering the innovative spirit, Telekom Srbija a.d. Beograd is continuously developing new technological solutions for the benefit of its customers and the environment and is maintaining a high quality of unhindered communications offering a wide range of channels and message transmission devices. Acting in a socially responsible manner, it helps the community to overcome the weaknesses of the present time with joint forces.
VR GEAR PARTNER
Samsung Electronics inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies. In education, they are using their technology to help children learn. They are opening Smart Classrooms and digitalising the educational environment to make the class more interactive. In employment, Samsung has set up Tech Institutes which provide expert teaching to help young people learn fundamental IT & engineering skills.
Denis Keefe joined the UK Foreign Office in 1982. His first posting was at the British Embassy in Prague, where he later returned to help prepare Czech Republic to joining the EU. Between those two posts he worked on several crucial projects such as the German Unification and taking part in the Maastricht European Council.
He returned to the Foreign Office as Head of China Hong Kong Department, and then Far Eastern Group and was later appointed as the Ambassador to Georgia helping it to implement reforms. He then moved to Moscow, representing the UK as Deputy to the Ambassador. He has been Ambassador to Serbia since June 2014.
Fiona is an experienced Educational Consultant who has spent more than two decades helping schools to raise standards in maths. Fiona is skilled in Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Staff Development. At Whizz Education, Fiona is responsible for developing and implementing the company's Educational Framework and Professional Development offering to support schools worldwide in integrating the Maths-Whizz virtual tutoring service.
In education systems globally, there is a growing emphasis on 21st century competences such as problem solving and growth mindset. Digital learning technologies such as Virtual Tutoring, when integrated within and across core curriculum subjects, can enable the spread of these skills and dispositions at unprecedented scale, providing quality and inclusive education for all.