Thousands of young girls and boys from Nice have returned to school today. The city of Nice, aiming to be at the forefront of new technologies adapted for teaching, provides Nice schools with Scolaweb, an interactive web journal that allows each school and class to be equipped with an innovative communication tool for free, intended to replace the expensive and not very eco-friendly traditional paper journal.
In this context of digital projects proposed by the city of Nice, we find the Scolaweb school journal which, after being tested for a school year by pilot schools, has now been deployed across all Nice schools wishing to adopt it. As of today, 21 schools have opted for the implementation of this web platform allowing the publication of editorial content, photo galleries, downloadable files, and even videos. “We have received very positive feedback from the schools that quickly got the hang of the tool and use it wonderfully, as evidenced by the photo galleries of field trips that parents could view the same evening,” specifies Lauriano Azinheirinha, Deputy for Education.
And for these very photographs, there is no risk of images of the children being circulated, as Scolaweb is completely secure and only parents with access codes and passwords can view and download photos of their children. Harmonious coordination has now been achieved with the Academic Inspection of the Alpes-Maritimes, which regulates the publication of images containing students and had, at one point, raised this sole reservation concerning this new school platform designed by the Communication Department of the city of Nice in collaboration with the Academic Inspection of the Alpes-Maritimes.
Carine Mannarini, a teacher and Scolaweb project manager at Saint-Roch 2 school, also praises the tool while highlighting the importance of supporting the project: “I have a more than positive assessment of the tool, but what I particularly appreciate is the availability of the Scolaweb team. Their ‘hotline’ is truly high-quality. It is indeed beneficial to have efficient IT tools, but what is essential in my eyes is knowing how to use them with well-structured training, which is the case in less than two hours with Scolaweb and its team. Scolaweb is a very useful, fun, and easy-to-use instrument. I involve the children in writing articles. This allows them to progress in IT skills as the students are more motivated, and it’s a significant aid for the B2i certification completed at the end of Year 5.”
“Our school council meets on Friday, and we’re going to discuss it because it’s a very good initiative, especially since the school’s paper journal has disappeared over the past 2 years. In these times of sustainable development, it’s an excellent alternative to the old paper journal, which has almost completely vanished from schools,” says Cynthia, a mother and parent of a student in a school group in Nice West, joyfully discovering the arrival of this project.
The cherry on top is that not only is the installation, training, and support completely free for schools opting for Scolaweb, but the production budget for this platform is just as economical since Scolaweb was developed using the SPIP open-source software, already used by the National Education.
Finally, and to keep up with technological trends, each Scolaweb comes with its mobile site accessible on phones and smartphones connected to the internet.
This means Nice schools are ready to publish anything from the kindergarten newsletter to the Year 5 weekly!
Learn more: https://scolaweb.nice.fr
