The best websites of Swiss school classes at Zurich Main Railway Station

On Tuesday, 25 May 2010, the SWITCH Foundation will host the fourth prize-giving ceremony for the SWITCH Junior Web Award in Zurich Main Railway Station (Hauptbahnhof Zürich). More than 2000 children and young people from all over Switzerland have taken part in this nationwide website competition for school classes.

At the prize-giving ceremony, 300 pupils will be treated to a celebration of a special kind in a Bubble. This Bubble symbolises the internet and thus allows children to "experience" it.

In April 2010, the public were able to cast their votes on www.JuniorWebAward.ch, and more than 25,000 votes were cast for the most popular projects. The result of this vote accounts for one third of the overall assessment. The other two thirds are made up by the opinion of the jury.

What?
Award ceremony for the SWITCH Junior Web Award – the nationwide website competition for school classes

When?
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 11:00-14:00

Where?
Zurich Main Railway Station (Hauptbahnhof Zürich)

The nominated projects, in alphabetical order, are:

• Audioguide für Basel
• Aus ALT wird NEU
• Der Klimawandel vor unserer Haustür
• Don't Shoot Me
• Energie
• Erfindungen verändern die Welt
• I misteri della notte
• Klassenzeitung
• La Mort
• Mani Matter
• Mötteli the ghost
• Schoolworld Viganello
• TV-Serien
• Voyage au centre du corps humain
• Werden wir Meerjungfrauen?
• WM 2010

Prizes

Attractive prizes await the winners. All the participants in a winning school class receive:

1^st prizeoffered by Microsoft: Microsoft Windows 7
2^nd prize offered by EPSON: print, copy and scan all-in-one with an Epson multi-functional device
3^rd prize offered by Lenovo: Lenovo Notebook Rucksack
4^th prize offered by SWITCH:  iTunes gift card worth CHF 30.-
5^th prize offered by SWITCH: iTunes gift card worth CHF 20.-

Public Prize for the project that comes first when the public cast their votes, offered by SSAB and Swiss television: a look behind the scenes on a guided tour through the "Schweizer Fernsehen" television studios.

Jury Prize for the best project in the jury's opinion, offered by SWITCH: an iPod Shuffle.

Usability Prize for the most user-friendly website, selected and offered by Swisscom: a digital camera.

Programming Prize for the best-programmed site, selected and offered by Google: an exciting day at Google in Zurich.

• SWITCH JuniorWebAward Website (avalaible in German, French and Italian only)