Digital Resources to Prepare from the Start of the School Year in Middle and High School

From the very beginning of the school year, offer your students expressive and working spaces they can contribute to throughout the year. Blogs, Courses and Wiki, a Timeline… these user-friendly tools help document projects, showcase student work, track learning, and encourage group collaboration.

Give Students a Voice with a Blog

Want to highlight your students’ work and give them a platform to express themselves? Creating a class Blog is an excellent way to share their creations while actively involving them in presenting their work. Whether for a specific subject or in collaboration with other teachers, the Blog is a dynamic tool to chronicle life in the classroom, school outings, or educational activities throughout the year. From a browser or the mobile app, creating a post is straightforward: just add text, a few photos, an audio or video recording, and it’s ready to publish! You can approve student posts before they go live. Then, just share them with parents or other classes. The possibilities are endless: create a blog with literary reviews (in audio or video), a journal of science experiments, or a FabLab activity blog.

Build a Collaborative Encyclopedia with Courses and Wiki

With Courses and Wiki, elevate your students’ work by creating a living, enriching collaborative encyclopedia. Compile complementary presentations on a theme, reading notes, or any other type of student work. Students can contribute all year long. Perfect for group projects, this tool lets each student actively participate while facilitating interactions through comments. Parents and other classes can view the content via the NEO Pocket mobile app. Version history enables transparent tracking of contributions. Why not start the year with a “Wiktionary” in English or foreign language class? Each student adds a word they discovered or didn’t fully understand, along with its definition, helping to build a common vocabulary. Cross-school projects are also possible.

Use a Timeline for Long-Term Projects

Starting a long-term educational project? The Timeline tool is ideal for planning its stages—like a professional schedule—and documenting progress bit by bit. Clearly visualize project milestones, add comments, documents, images, audio, or video recordings to create a rich, structured record of progress. The four educational pathways—future, citizenship, health, and arts/cultural education—support the student throughout their schooling. But how can you keep a clear and durable record of learning in each domain? Say goodbye to paper notebooks and scattered notes!