My Story

My Story

1998
1998

The beginning

My story “rolled up  in previous century”, back in ’98…After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer, I started working in Design Bureau of Djuro Djakovic (Steam Boilers) and finished my internship there. That’s where I learned AutoCAD  – the rest is history, as they say (almost 25 years, so far)…  ..Read More

2000
2000

Teacher

Exactly in October, 2000 I started working as a Teacher (Mechanical Engineering subjects) in Trading School, Đakovo – best decision of my life !

2007
2007

Professional Development

2007 was kind of “turning point” in my career, moment when I found clear job direction  – Online Tutoring (CARNet ELA, E-learning Academy)…ECDL Mentor/Expert (KING ICT). At that point, I knew my teaching would evolve, the whole school education would change – and, it did, later on.  

2008
2008

Tied the knot

I’ve got hitched…in 2008 ! My “better half” was my ECDL mentor, actually (before we started dating), and probably  pointed me further in this direction. You know how they say: “BEHIND every successful man there stands a successful woman”… I’d rephrase that and change the term to “BESIDE”, definitely.

2012
2012
IPA Trainer/Teacher Mentor

IPA Trainer/Teacher Mentor

Next few years, besides my regular job,  I’ve been teaching Informatics and AutoCAD to adult students in one of local colleges. That led me to next certificate, IPA Trainer in Adult Education (ASOO, Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education). The project was called „Operational Program for Human..Read More

2015
2015

e-Schools/Teacher Advisor

Then came 2015…CARNet was in charge of a project “e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools” (for the 21st century). I applied for participation in the pilot-project on behalf of my school an was appointed as coordinator, till the end of main project, in 2023. The overall objective..Read More

2022
2022
e-Tomic

e-Tomic

All those years, …since 2005, probably, … I’ve been experimenting and exploring  with different kinds of applications, dealing with CAD design…web/graphic design – pretty much everything that involves visual representation. At the beginning, before the „era“ of cellphones and responsive design, there was just „plain and simple“ static web page,..Read More