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Computer Society of Macedonia
Mile Jovanov, PhD Faculty of Computer Science and
Engineering, Skopje,
Macedonia
• on the initiative of a group of professors at the Institute of Informatics, FNSM, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje,
• in the year 2000
• continued with the activities previously performed by the former Mathematical and Computer Society of Macedonia
Formed:
• Computer science teachers (high schools and elementary schools), information technologists & lecturers at the Universities in Macedonia
Members:
• introduction, popularization and promotion of informatics and information technology and its application,
• encouragement and introduction of informatics in all areas of the society, especially in the education,
• organization, implementation and participation in informatics competitions for pupils and students
• …
Among the main
goals:
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Computer Society of Macedonia
Me
Professor at the Faculty of the
Computer Science and Engineering in
Skopje
President of the CSM (2009 - )
President of BOI
(2014-2017)
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Government advisor on
the ‘300000 Tablet’ project
PS & SS curricula in Informatics
We usually talk about algorithmic programming contests
A perfect opportunity for pupils to introduce to the art of programming and
create a very solid background for becoming engineers in informatics
International Olympiads in Informatics
The idea proposed to the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris
First Olympiad in 1989
Each participating country typically sends a delegation of 4 pupils
Balkan Olympiads
in Informatics
CSM is the main organizer of competitions in informatics for both SS and PS pupils
Every year, contestants go through many levels of competition until the best are selected
23 Regional Competitions (HS)
26 National Competitions (HS)
19 National Olympiads (HS)
8 National Competitions (PS)
Competitions in informatics
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Challenges in the Organization of the Competitions
• Computer Society of Macedonia, is a non-government, non-profit organization.
– the organization of the competitions is based solely on sponsorships from companies, educational institutions, and sporadically from donations based on application in some calls for projects
• Having in mind the low finances, CSM has to find as cost-effective as possible way for the following steps
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Engaging pupils in the competitions
• We have to spread the information among the pupils and keep them informed
– We have concluded that the best way to do that is to build and maintain a ‘community’ of competitors, and let them collaborate throughout the whole year
– we also use some more traditional methods, e.g. contacting and informing the schools, contacting the computer science teachers, but there are obstacles in that regard too
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Motivating teachers and schoolauthorities
• The most important thing
– motivate the teachers to inform and mentor the pupils
• With years of our experience, we have found that the
– computer science teachers, mainly, do not want to spend extra time for tutoring gifted pupils
– the greatest reason for this is that they are not familiar enough with the curriculum of the programming competitions
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Motivating teachers and schoolauthorities
• The best solution consists of two things:
– Provide online materials, training and q/a support for the pupils, in every stage of their training for the competitions, and
– Inform the teachers for this convenience and put additional pressure directly through the pupils
• The school authorities can also be an obstacle for the participation of the pupils
– mostly with ridiculous reason in mind like not spending money for the trip of the pupils to the contest venue
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Keeping the participants informed, and ‘in condition’
• Publically present the information for the next steps in the competitions (dates, rules, procedures, results, etc.) in order to directly inform the pupils
– the most reliable way to spread information (opposite to informing through the teachers )
• The greatest challenge of all is to motivate pupils to constantly prepare (work on solving problems) for the competitions, with public sets of tasks that can be solved at any time
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Interest in the competitions
YearRegional
CompetitionNational
CompetitionNational
Olympiad
2010 55 45 23
2011 118 68 19
2012 209 95 21
2013 290 118 21
2014 341 101 21
2015 ~450 93 25
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Results of Macedonian Teams at International Contests
Number of medals won at IOI, BOI and JBOI in the last 4 years
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0
0,5
1
1,5
2
2,5
3
3,5
4
4,5
2009 2010 2011 2012
IOI
BOI
JBOI
01234
Curriculum activities
6. Informatics (72 hours)
7. Informatics (36)
7 or 8. Projects in informatics (72)
8 or 9. Programming (72)
I. Informatics (72)
II. Informatics (IT) (72)
III. Programing languages (72)
IV. Programing languages (109)
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3. Computing (72)
4. Computing (72)
5. Computing (72)
6. Informatics (72)
7. Informatics (36)
7 or 8. Projects in informatics (72)
8 or 9. Programming (72)
I. Informatics (72)
II. Informatics (IT) (72)
III. Programing languages (72)
IV. Programing languages (109)
CiiT 2015, scientific conference in informatics– Over 100 participants
– 20 countries
– April 2015
IOI workshop 2015: On the new international curriculum in Informatics for the elementary and high school
– 18 participants from different countries around the world
– April 2015
Workshop 300 000: Best practices of implementing use of tablets in schools
– April/May 2015
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Additional events