Implementing Storyblok for Start-ED. The School of the future for contemporary students

Start-ED x Tandemite. Together for the youngest

Start-ED is a foundation founded by Zosia Dorożalska and Kacper Gręda, dedicated to the development of the Polish education system. Their main goal is to support young people at every stage of their learning journey, promote modern and creative teaching methods, and foster future skills.

Fidea project

The Fidea project was developed for elementary school students in grades 1 through 6. It included two series of online lessons, the textbook “Future Skills”, and the board game “Fidea Adventure.” All of these resources were designed to foster creativity and support learning through hands-on activities and play.

Citizens' voice

Representatives of Start-ED closely monitor government actions in the field of education and schooling, actively engaging in civic initiatives.

Volunteerism

Volunteers are the foundation's cornerstone, enabling effective operations of Start-ED. The foundation actively seeks volunteers, often providing them with their first professional experiences.

Our work with Start-ED involved building a website and implementing Storyblok to manage its content. This enabled the foundation’s administrators to update the site’s content independently. After all, helping should be simple.

Why did we choose Storyblok for Start-ED?

The first project undertaken by Zosia and Kacper was Fidea, which quickly achieved success. As their educational initiatives expanded, there arose a need to redefine the organization's framework. In 2022, Start-ED Foundation was established.

Our team faced the challenge of creating the Start-ED website from scratch. We had to determine the needs of website visitors, design the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX), and then proceed with its development and launch.

The foundation needed a solution that would be easy to use for people without programming experience. Together with the client, we chose Storyblok, a platform we partner with. One of the key reasons was its visual editor, which allows editors to update content while previewing the page. This enabled administrators to work directly with the site elements we had prepared.

Storyblok is a headless CMS, meaning that content management is separated from the website’s presentation layer. In this project, this made it possible to combine a custom visual design with convenient content management for the foundation’s team.

For the infrastructure, we chose Digital Ocean as the target platform.

The process

We implemented the project for Start-ED using the Scrum methodology, ensuring that the client had full visibility into our actions. Through careful project planning and open communication, we were able to complete the work after just a few sprints.

At each stage of the project, we utilized various proven tools. Jira provided us with a smooth flow of information and transparency in our actions. Slack facilitated real-time communication, and Google tools allowed us to efficiently plan team meetings.

Implementation details

Our collaboration with Start-ED Foundation included:

• Web analytics.
• UX audit.
• Maintenance of services.
• Functional design.
• Graphic design.
• Utilization of the Storyblok platform.
• Technical support.

What did the Start-ED foundation gain from implementing Storyblok?

The Start-ED foundation received a website with a custom visual design and Storyblok as a content management system that allowed the team to edit content independently. Visitors could read blog articles, contact the foundation through a form, and apply to volunteer.

The foundation’s team gained a tool for updating content across the website. Enabling independent content management was one of the key goals of the implementation.

The entire project was carried out pro bono.

See the full case study of the Storyblok implementation for the Start-ED foundation.