Project Narrative

The Digitization of Schools in Marseille

The digitization of schools in Marseille is a large-scale project in which Speechi has had the privilege to participate from 2022 to November 2024. The success of this initiative is the result of long, constant, and close cooperation between the Aix-Marseille Academy, the City of Marseille, and Speechi. Here, we outline the key moments of this project, from its inception to its outcomes.

Our Clients: The Aix-Marseille Academy and the City of Marseille

TNE 13

In 2020, the Ministry of National Education launched an investment program called the Educational Digital Territories (TNE), aimed at digitizing schools in 12 test departments, including Bouches-du-Rhône (TNE 13). This program aims to reduce the digital divide and accelerate the digital transformation of schools.

The GPNEM

The Aix-Marseille Academy, in charge of the TNE 13 project, formed a partnership with the City of Marseille, which committed to supporting this program by launching a Grand Digital Plan for the Schools of Marseille (GPNEM) with the ambition of equipping all the City’s schools with digital tools.

France 2030

The Aix-Marseille Academy was also able to count on financial support from the investment plan launched by the state, called France 2030, which aims to invest massively in innovative technologies.

An Ambitious Project… in Partnership with Speechi

An Interactive Display in Every Elementary Classroom and Preschool

Our clients have set an ambitious project to equip every elementary classroom in the city with digital equipment of the interactive whiteboard type, as well as to provide each preschool with a shared version of this tool.

Choosing an interactive digital screen rather than an interactive projector (IPP) was not an obvious decision. However, the Academy’s strong preference for interactive screens and the demonstrations conducted by our sales team convinced the City.

To realize their project of equipping schools with interactive screens, our clients turned to the UGAP purchasing group, which offers the French brand Speechi. Thus began our collaboration.

The UGAP

The UGAP is a public purchasing group that schools turn to for acquiring various equipment, particularly under the supervision of the Minister of National Education.

Speechi, Partner of the UGAP

Offered on the UGAP platform, where we have been a trusted partner for 8 years, our solutions were selected to respond to calls for projects such as Innovative Digital Schools (ENIR) and Educational Digital Territories (TNE).

Some Key Figures

Speechi interactive displays

Equipped schools including…

Elementary classrooms

Preschools

The Solutions Provided

Challenge: To offer equipment suitable for teachers, students, and classroom activities

SuperGlass+ S interactive displays in 75’’, providing very comfortable working conditions in terms of size, precision, and responsiveness.

Motorized adjustable height mounts, either wall-mounted or mobile, to adapt the height of the interactive screen to the students and the teacher.

WiFi modules to enable iPads in the Marseille schools to project content via the Bytello Share screen-sharing software.

A personalized welcome screen featuring the City’s logo and colors, giving the teacher direct access to targeted educational applications.

Since the start of the 2024 school year, we have launched Class Connect, allowing schools and individual teachers to customize the use of their interactive screens independently!

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A whiteboard for teaching

A security feature to restrict the use of the interactive screen

Bytello Share software to share the teacher’s PC on the interactive screen

Direct access to the school’s Digital Workspace

A library of applications supplied by the relevant department at the town hall

Challenge: To provide a solution for managing a large fleet of 1496 displays

The MDM Radix solution allows for the remote configuration, management, and personalization of the entire fleet of Speechi interactive screens. To avoid burdening the teaching staff, the management of the Speechi interactive screens in the Marseille schools has been entrusted to the team of the Division of Digital Resources at the City of Marseille.

Since the start of the 2024 school year, we have launched Class Connect, providing schools with a solution for remote management and customization of their Speechi interactive display fleet.

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Challenge: Training the teaching staff of 234 schools

Teacher Training by referent teachers for digital usage

The Aix-Marseille Academy mobilized its referent teachers for digital usage, to train the teaching teams on using interactive digital displays, as well as to support them throughout the year in their efforts to integrate digital technology into their teaching practices.

The Results

Testimony from Olympe de Gouges School On June 25, 2024, we visited Olympe de Gouges School, formerly known as “École Blancarde,” in Marseille. We interviewed several members of the teaching team to gather their feedback on the interactive display:

Marc Burlat, Principal of Olympe de Gouges Elementary School
Laure Henry, Principal of Olympe de Gouges Preschool and Teacher
Yasmina Drabik, fourth grade Teacher
Hervé Allesant, Resource Teacher in Digital Usage (eRUN)

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Fears and Expectations Regarding the Interactive Display

When they learned that their classroom would be equipped with an interactive screen during the 2022-2023 school year, the teachers’ reactions varied greatly depending on their initial comfort with digital technology, ranging from skepticism and expectation to enthusiasm.

“Not everyone, but some teachers viewed it negatively…”
Hervé Allesant

“At first, we wondered how we would integrate it into our practices.”
Laure Henry

"JI was just excited to have that tool... I had no apprehension at all.”
Yasmina Drabik

“An interactive digital display is exactly what I would have dreamed of when I started as a teacher.”
Marc Burlat

An Easier Daily Routine for Teachers

One year later, the interviewed teachers explained how the interactive display has changed their daily routine. All noted the teaching comfort it provides, whether related to the work environment, new pedagogical possibilities, or preparation time.

“The interactive display allows me to have a practice that is really very pleasant and beneficial for the students.”
Laure Henry

“This week of disconnection made me realize even more that I couldn’t do without it.”
Yasmina Drabik

"We have a record of everything we’ve done... so we can compare, go back, and that’s how we build knowledge.”
Marc Burlat

“It will allow me to have, for example, fewer photocopies or less preparation time.”
Hervé Allesant

Visible Progress in Class

For those interviewed, the feedback is positive and unanimous. Improved understanding, better attention, more effective teaching… The benefits for students related to the use of an interactive screen in class are clearly noticeable.

“Students understand certain lessons better... they are much more attentive and curious.”
Yasmina Drabik

“I really feel that they have retained a lot of vocabulary.”
Laure Henry

"The arrival of the interactive screen has made me even more effective in this teaching.”
Hervé Allesant

“It gives us the ability... to go faster and work even more on the skills we want to impart to the children.”
Marc Burlat

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