Scientix Conference - Towards Responsible STEM Education

February 22 & 23, 2018

Hotel Zira, Belgrade
Serbia

Friday, February 22, 2019

11:00 REGISTRATION welcome coffee

12:00 WELCOME SPEECHES

Dr Marko Krstic Acting Director, Center for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
TBC
of the Republic of Serbia

12:20 INTRODUCTION NOTES

Dobrivoje Lale Eric CPN, Serbia
CPN as a Scientix national contact point in 2017-19
Dr Agueda Gras-Velazquez European Schoolnet, Belgium
STEM is Everywhere, so schools should lead the way

PANEL 1 Experiences of Scientix national contact points

13:00
convenor: ​Marjana Brkic​, CPN, Serbia
Dr Agata Goździk Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Tina Markovic CARNET, Croatia
p1 Maja Videnovik Friends of Education, Republic of Macedonia
Dr Bogdan Popovici University of Bucharest and IFIN-HH, Romania
Discussion

14:30 LUNCH BREAK

15:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS 1

Informal STEM practices throughout Europe
PANEL 2
(session supported by H2020 project SySTEM 2020)
convenor: ​Dr Tanja Adnadjevic​
, CPN, Serbia
Sheena Laursen Experimentarium, Denmark
p2
Kristina Duvnjak Bioteka, Croatia
Mladen Sljivovic High school in Zajecar, Serbia
Discussion
WORKSHOP 1 Programming for the youngest
w1 Tanja Olear Gojic
Primary school “Dragan Lukic”, Belgrade, Serbia
Mirjana Tisma

16:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS 2

 PRESENTATIONS 1 Science centers as pioneers of STEM education
moderator:​Mirjana Utvic​, CPN, Serbia
Sheena Laursen Experimentarium, Denmark
What makes science centres special?
a1
Davor Komericki ZEZ Zagorje Cooperation, Croatia
Castle of Knowledge
Nikola Bozic Petnica Science Center, Serbia
STEM Education for Regional Cooperation
WORKSHOP 2 The use of augmented reality in the classroom
w2 Snezana Tosovic Tanasko Rajic primary school, Cacak, Serbia
Danilo Borovnica Sveti Sava primary school, Kikinda, Serbia

17:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS 2

PRESENTATIONS 2 The T in STEM
moderator:​Jelena Mijatovic​, CPN, Serbia
Jasna Markovic High School in Lazarevac, Serbia
Digital transformation of a high school
Ivan Stojanovic Secondary school in Kladovo, Serbia
a2
Using bubble chamber pictures in physics education
Ivan Zunac Primary school “Nikola Tesla’, Mirkovci, Croatia
Office 365 in teaching: The day of safer internet
Ivan Umeljic CPN, Serbia
The use of ​Th
​ought experiments in secondary school education
WORKSHOP 3 Is there life on other planets?
Sanja Bulat
w3 Petar Bojovic
Primary school “Branislav Nusic”, Belgrade, Serbia
Zorana Djordjevic
Ana Petrovic

18:45 CLOSING REMARKS Marjana Brkic​, CPN, Serbia

19:00 End of Day I

Saturday, February 23, 2019

9:00 REGISTRATION

9:30 INTRODUCTION NOTES

Dr Ivana Djeric
Institute for Educational Research, Serbia
Dr Nada Seva
TIMSS study in Serbia
Gert Lemmens Middenschool Heilig Hart, Bree, Belgium
 Interactive classroom 2.0: transforming your classroom for the next generation students

PRESENTATIONS 3 Alternative approaches to STEM education

10:10
moderator: ​Jelena Joksimovic​, CPN, Serbia
Kresimir Canic ZEZ Zagorje Cooperation, Croatia
STEM tram
Dr Agata Goździk Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
ODYSSEy and EDU-ARCTIC projects
a3
Nikolaos Neratzis 1st Junior High School of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Teaching in Special Education, Taking Inspiration from Scientists with Disabilities

11:10 PARALLEL SESSIONS 3

The M in STEM
PRESENTATIONS 4
(supported by May Month of Mathematics - M3)
moderator: ​Danijela Vucicevic​, CPN, Serbia
introduction note:​Dr Djordje Baralic​, Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts
Primary and secondary school “Petro Kuzmjak”, Ruski Krstur,
Natalija Budinski
a4 Serbia
Scientix as support for creative math teaching
Sonja Sumonja Electrotechnical school “Nikola Tesla”, Nis, Serbia
Aleksandar Stojkovic Primary school "Sreten Mladenovic Mika" Nis, Serbia
Math in May festival
Anica Trickovic Primary school “Toplicki heroji”, Zitoradja, Serbia
Mathematics and Scientix portal projects
WORKSHOP 4 Interactive teaching
w4 Nada Stojicevic Nikola Tesla electrotechnical school, Pancevo, Serbia
Gert Lemmens Middenschool Heilig Hart, Bree, Belgium

12:10 LUNCH BREAK

Governmental STEM initiatives

PANEL 3
13:10 (session supported by Erasmus+ project STEM School Label)
convenor: ​Dr​​Agueda Gras-Velazquez​, EUN, Belgium
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development,
Katarina Aleksic
Serbia
Borut Campelj Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia
Andrea Pandurović Ugrin CARNET, Croatia
p3
Armen Cekic British Council – 21 Century School project
Nevena Cabrilo Bureau for Educational Services, Montenegro
Discussion

14:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 4

 PRESENTATIONS 5 The E in STEM
moderator: ​Petar Lausevic​, CPN, Serbia
Katarina Andjelkovic Loop foundation, Serbia
Algorithmic literacy, competence for the 21st century
a5 Marina Lukic Belgrade open school, Serbia
Online training for teachers in the field of 3D printing technologies
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Republic of
Dr Vladimir Trajkovikj
Macedonia
Challenges of education in the 21st century in practice
WORKSHOP 5 Microcontrollers for STEM classrooms
w5 Gorica Njegovanovic Primary school “Mihailo Pupin”, Zemun, Serbia
Natasa Majstrovic Primary school “Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj”, Ruma, Serbia

15:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 5

PRESENTATIONS 6 The S in STEM
moderator: ​Dr Sanja Ivkovic​, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic”, Serbian Academy of
Jelena Kovacevic Majkic
Sciences and Arts
a6 Towards the formal education on natural disasters
Jelena Likic Bioteka, Croatia
The big S: A short course in STEM survival
Dr Bogdan Popovici University of Bucharest and IFIN-HH, Romania
Research, Science, Education - a community
WORKSHOP 6 3D hologram
w6 Sladjana Jovic Svetozar Markovic high school, Nis, Serbia
Bojana Mitriceski
Branislav Nusic primary school, Donja Trnava, Serbia
Andjelkovic

PANEL 4 Experiences of Scientix ambassadors and future initiatives

17:00
convenor: ​Dalibor Todorovic​, Primary school “Sreten Mladenovic Mika”, Nis, Serbia
Milena Mladenovic Primary school “Ucitelj Tasa”, Nis, Serbia
Nikolaos Nerantzis 1st Junior High School of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
p4
Josipa Matotek Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Osijek, Croatia
Discussion

Marjana Brkic​, CPN, Serbia

18:00 CLOSING REMARKS
Dobrivoje Lale Eric​, CPN, Serbia
18:15 End of the Conference