My learning diary - OPENING MINDS TO STEM (MOOC) by Наташа Ковачевић Миљановић https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh learning path en-us 2017-04-13 10:55:35 UTC 2025-09-24 22:46:32 UTC hello@padlet.com The first post natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166225431 My name is Natasa Miljanovic. I work as a teacher in an elementary school. I teach serbian language and literature, so I am interested in ICT and media, and in the ways that I can connect my primary subject with STEM subjects. ]]> 2017-04-13 10:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166225431 The second post - about my teaching context, school, classroom, technologies... natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166225570 My school has more than 600 students. I teach in four classes (around 100 students). In the classroom I have a TV and a laptop, with an internet connection. I use eTwinning platform a lot, and with students, I work on a few blogs: www.projekatgeorgija.wordpress.com; www.natasamiljanovic.wordpress.com; and I have an e-portfolio (with other materials) at www.terrageorgica.wordpress.com. My job is to edit the school blog at www.sremskifront.edu.rs and the school fb page at https://www.facebook.com/SremskifrontSid/?ref=page_internal]]> 2017-04-13 11:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166225570 3rd post - ICT in my clasroom natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166225787 3rd award for the entry this school year ]]> 2017-04-13 11:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166225787 A well made Pinterest board with a lot of materials natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166227723 2017-04-13 11:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166227723 Our school does mBot programming natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166227763 2017-04-13 11:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166227763 Design thinking natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166487996 2017-04-16 23:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166487996 This is what I got as a result of one of the tests natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166488710 2017-04-17 00:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166488710 What is needed for my ideal job natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166488850 skills, aptitudes, job roles]]> 2017-04-17 00:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166488850 Finished 3 modules of this MOOC natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166489104 2017-04-17 00:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166489104 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166489135 2017-04-17 00:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166489135 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166489147 2017-04-17 00:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166489147 PDF - basic digital skills natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166862729 2017-04-18 19:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166862729 Questions natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166863140 check your own digital skills]]> 2017-04-18 19:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166863140 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166863464 2017-04-18 19:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166863464 How to talk about STEM careers in our classrooms? natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166864880 4.1 STEM career activities: how to use them?
In Module 1, section 1.3, we presented briefly four teaching strategies, which foster STEM Awareness from the The Emerging Role of Science Teachers in Facilitating STEM Career Awareness (Cohen & Patterson, 2012). We will remind them here again:
  1. Incorporate both formal and informal approaches: constantly bring career awareness in your activities and do not keep it as a separate unit.
  2. Help students see scientists as real people: students may have difficulty imagining themselves as scientists because they cannot see that scientists have a normal life, just like them. They have hobbies, families and various interests. 
  3. Connect the dots: it is not enough to just expose students to career information, the teacher also has to directly connect career information with whatever the student is learning at that moment. This can refer to making clear connections to the real-life use of subjects, to giving examples of how it connects to jobs of scientists. The student will not be always capable of making these connections themselves, and you will have to do that for him. 
  4. Embed reflection: To make sure that information sticks with students, embed reflection to drive a deeper understanding. Otherwise, a lot of the information can be lost over time if reflection is not used to “glue” it.  
]]> 2017-04-18 19:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166864880 4.3 STEM career activities: teacher practices natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166875318 We come back to The Emerging Role of Science Teachers in Facilitating STEM Career Awareness (Cohen & Patterson, 2012) study, to Exhibit 1, where the study presents a series of replicable teacher practices, which can be used with the four strategies we have previously mentioned. Below you will find a summary of these main practices. You can consult Exhibit 1 of the study for full examples.
  1. Utilize career materials in science texts/journals/articles: consult these sources and extract/incorporate articles or supplemental readings in your lessons.​​​​​​
  2. Integrate experiential activities in the classroom: role-playing or designing research posters.
  3. Incorporate authentic research: give students the opportunity to participate in real research projects.​​​​​​​
  4. Invite guest speakers: ask speakers from a variety of careers to talk to your students, to present their educational and career pathway. Invite also parents engaged in STEM fields to speak.​​​​​​​#
  5. Research science careers / map out career paths: assign homework where students have to research various careers, support students in building resumes or to analyze their skills.​​​​​​​
  6. Support inclusion of science careers in school career fairs.​​​​​​​
  7. Weave career information informally into lessons: try to frame or open your lessons with career information, or as you work throughout a particular chapter or unit, make sure you point out career aspects where relevant.​​​​​​​
  8. Share personal experiences: share your own experience of working in STEM fields, participate in professional development opportunities and share also your own educational and career pathway.​​​​​​​
  9. Expose students to worksites and outside opportunities: take students on visits to various STEM centers (companies, research centers, etc.), prepare them before, seek funding and see how you can bridge the education-industry gap for your students.​​​​​​​
  10. Be a mentor/advocate.
]]> 2017-04-18 20:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166875318 End of module 4 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166883303 2017-04-18 20:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/166883303 End of module 5 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/167707394 2017-04-23 20:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/167707394 The questions are not too hard natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/167707425 2017-04-23 20:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/167707425 Roles natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/167707502 Hooley, Watts, & Andrews (2015) propose six distinct, but connected, roles that teachers play in delivering Career and Employability Learning (CEL). Although these are proposed for UK schools and some aspects may not be applicable to other countries, we believe this framework provides a good starting point, for us to understand better what the roles and responsibilities of a teacher providing career guidance/CEL to students should be.
1. Tutorial roles;
2. Teaching roles;
3. Leadership roles.

]]> 2017-04-23 20:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/167707502 Materijal sa eTwinning mreže natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170350854 2017-05-07 10:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170350854 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374114 2017-05-07 17:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374114 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374195 2017-05-07 17:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374195 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374626 2017-05-07 17:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374626 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374677 2017-05-07 17:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374677 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374842 2017-05-07 17:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374842 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374896 2017-05-07 17:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374896 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374985 2017-05-07 17:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170374985 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170375030 2017-05-07 17:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170375030 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170375116 2017-05-07 17:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170375116 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170375424 2017-05-07 17:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170375424 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170388908 2017-05-07 21:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/170388908 End of week 6 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172135613 2017-05-16 16:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172135613 Important sentence natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172135708 The “Education to employment: Getting Europe’s youth into work” report by McKinsey & Company (Mourshed, Patel, & Suder, 2014) points out that there is a “failure of employers, education providers, and young people to understand one another”. Although education providers are confident that students are being adequately prepared for transition to employment, in reality, employers are complaining that they do not find workers with the right skills.]]> 2017-05-16 16:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172135708 An interesting article natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172846972 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/05/12/time-educated-children-future-rather-limiting-subjects-past/?utm_content=buffer99f12&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer]]> 2017-05-19 16:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172846972 End of weeek 7 natasamiljanovic https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172847016 2017-05-19 16:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/natasamiljanovic/x634mxcvmcwh/wish/172847016