Programme¶

SASA: Friday, December 1st, 2017 at 9 am

Addressings

• Prof. Ivan Bratko, member of SASA
• Minister dr. Maja Makovec Brenčič, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
• Digital Coalition, Igor Zorko, chair, Management Board

• Computer Science: tool and driving force of 21st century, dr. Andrej Brodnik, head, Working group for the analysis of Computer Science content presence in primary and secondary schools curricula and preparation of study for possible changes at the Ministry of Education, Science and sport

Introduction of the problem

• <to be defined>, Prof. Stephen Furber, FRS, Royal Society
• The state of computer science education in Slovenia, mag. Radovan Krajnc, national institute of education Slovenia

Needs for knowledge and competencies

• Computational thinking a s (meta-) cognitive strategy, dr. Sonja Čotar Konrad, University of Primorska, Faculty of education and dr. Katja Košir, University of maribor, Faculty of education
• Informatika narodu, Tone Stanovnik, Tone Stanovnik, Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije - ZITex izvozna prebojna sekcija slovenske informatike in Špica International
• Status and trends of computer science education in the world, dr. Matjaž Kljun, University of Primorska, Faculty of mathematics, natural sciences and information technologies and dr. Matej Črepinšek, University of Maribor, Faculty of electrical engineering and computer science

Break

Teaching of computer science in Slovenia

• Dejavnosti MIZŠ na področju vključevanja in promocije RIN v izobraževanju, mag. Borut Čampelj, Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport
• Teacher education, dr. Jože Rugelj, dr. Irena Nančovska University of Ljubljana, Faculty of education, and dr. Janez Demšar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of computer and information science
• Example of activity fostering computational thinking in a primary school, Nataša Kermc, Primary school Brežice
• Computer science as a way of communication, Gregor Anželj, Gimnazija Bežigrad
• Temeljna znanja računalništva in informatike in kdo je za njih odgovoren, mag. Alenka Krapež, Gimnazija Vič
• Overview of the NGOs offering Computer Science courses and other initiatives aimed at digital literacy, Katja Koren Ošljak, Slovenian CodeWeek Ambassador

Discussion and formation of conclusions