Get to know our partners and co-organizers on journey of introducing ICT solutions to education in Western Balkans region. In parallel with our two-day conference, we also organised a fair where over 30 ICT companies and educational institutions presented the latest technological solutions in education that they developed or introduced to the market. The participants were able to visit their stands, try out interactive classroom solutions, find out how to use the internet for high quality teaching and see a micro:bit devices for coding. 

Fair exhibitors:

iris

IRIS Connect

With 2,000 schools using their system in 23 countries, worldwide.  IRIS Connect is the market-leader in video-based professional development. 

Their professional learning platform provides all of the activities research shows are needed to have a real impact on teaching and learning. This includes access to expert resources, as well as lesson capture technology to enhance self-reflection, lesson observation, coaching, and collaboration.

For the individual teacher, IRIS Connect makes professional development self-directed, contextualised and evidence-based. For school improvement, it enables the development of a culture of trust, openness, and collaboration that leads to more-effective teaching and most importantly, better learning.

ITS and LINK GROUP

Livestream partner

High School of Professional Studies in Information Technology ITS has been operating since 2006, when the first generation of students was enrolled. At that time it was accredited to enrol 60 first-year students in the Information Technology study programme. Another study programme – E-Commerce was accredited in 2010 and two more programmes, namely Business Systems Organisation and Computer Multimedia were accredited in 2012.

Iva Urdarević

Let's build bridges and transcend barriers using ICT

10 FEBRUARY AT 10.30 | HALL 'ALT'

Using social networks and translation tools, the deaf and hard of hearing students successfully communicate with their peers abroad. In this way, barriers in their communication are being transcended, and knowledge of English acquired in the classroom applied in a real life situation.

Iva has a Masters in Defectology- surdoaudiologist. She teaches English at the secondary school 'Stefan Dečanski' for students with hearing impairment and hard of hearing. Leader of the literary club and school magazine editor. Coordinator of international school cooperation projects. Member of the Council of the Academy of Central European Schools.

Iva Urdarević | Katarina Aleksić | Verica Arula

We communicate with ICT 

26 FEBRUARY AT 11.30 | HALL 'INSERT'

Students of the school for children with damaged hearing 'Stefan Dečanski' and primary school 'Branislav Nušić' have found a new way to communicate. The use of ICT helped them overcome communication barriers, establish mutual cooperation, learn and get to know each other better. Together they marked EU Code Week 2014 and 2015, they programmed and realized the project at Edmondo platform on the topic Choice of interest.

Iva Urdarević is a graduated surdologist - teacher and works as an English language teacher together with her colleagues Katarina Aleksić who is an IT teacher and Verica Arula a Serbian language teacher in the school for students with damaged hearing.

Ivan Kalaš | @ivan_kalas

Educational programming as a means for learning

26 FEBRUARY AT 12.30 | HALL 'SPACE'

Ivan will focus on developing modern programming for every child strategies and content and studying how they can be implemented in ordinary state schools, for every child – every girl and every boy – to foster their 21st century skills, to foster their skills to learn by exploring and constructing. 

Exploiting digital technologies in kindergartens

27 FEBRUARY AT 10.15 | HALL 'ALT'

Ivan Kalaš is a professor of Informatics Education concentrating on developing Informatics curricula for preschool, primary and secondary stages, developing textbooks and other teaching/learning materials for ICT in education. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Microsoft Partners in Learning programme and a member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education.

Ivan Milovanović

School Wiki Corner

11. FEBRUARY AT 14.45 | HALL 'SPACE'

School Wiki Corner is a product of joint work of pupils and teachers in activities within the “Our School- Wiki School” project. Following completion of the project, a few seventh and eighth grade pupils have, together with their mentors, continued working on analysing and creating free knowledge on Wikipedia and Wikimedia pantry within the School Wiki Corner with an ambition to establish a new school club. Teacher and pedagogical advisor at a small village school, in a combined class, specialist in nature and science subject methods and MA holder in educational policy. Participated in various projects aimed at improving quality of education and upbringing. Author of the inter-school project “Our School- Wiki School” implemented under the auspices of Wikimedia Serbia..

 

IVAN OBRADOVIĆ

Technology enhanced learning - new perspectives in higher education

working group | New technologies in higher education

In the presentation Ivan first outlined the characteristics and importance of technology enhanced learning and open educational resources in higher education. Then he presented the BAEKTEL project, "Blending academic and entrepreneurial knowledge in technology enhanced learning", as well as the Centre for e-learning and distance education at the University of Belgrade.

Ivan Sidorov

Download, print and play

11 FEBRUARY AT 10.00 | HALL 'ALT'

Presentation of educational material downloaded from the Internet that gets a new life in a real environment. Printing of these free virtual toys and games creates inspiring tools for each child in the classroom.

Ivan graduated from Leningrad State University with specialisation 'Maths Methods Psychology of Individual Differences'. He was the winner of 'Internet Projects for Education' competition in 2001 and scholarships of IFF (USA) for Internet communication in 2006. He has received the award for research in modern communications in 2009 and grant for Print&Play education in 2011. Now he offers free downloadable tools for educators.

Ivan Stojanovic

Ivan Stojanović

BIOGRAPHY

Teacher of physics at SS "Sveti Sava" in Kladovo since 2008. From 2010 to date, organized five physics events in Kladovo, as well as the Republic Secondary School Competition in 2017. Lecturer and organizer of the workshop at three Republic seminars on teaching physics. Participant of two CERN programs for secondary school teachers, 2016. Lecturer at the BC conference, 2018. 

Scientix ambassador and Plato teacher.

PRESENTATION

Plato, teaching of the future

Plato is a two-year European project launched in 2016 with the aim to enable and prepare primary and secondary school teachers for new educational challenges. Plato primarily promotes actively oriented teaching, a holistic interdisciplinary approach to learning, the use of online learning tools, and meaningful collaboration among teachers of different subjects in the same school.