Switch: Young web talents wanted

The success story of the Junior Web Awards began in 2007, when Switch launched the competition to mark its 20th anniversary. The aim is to promote Internet and media skills among the younger generation. Since then, over 2000 school classes have registered for the competition.

Pupils design their own website

Participating school classes can design and publish their own website free of charge. In doing so, they practise using modern communication technologies in a fun way. Whether humorous, with a learning effect or completely personal - the school classes decide together on a topic and the implementation on the Internet. As a Swiss Internet pioneer, Switch aims to promote knowledge of the World Wide Web and familiarity with this medium among young people. The generation of tomorrow should be given the opportunity to get to grips with modern technologies. All school classes from Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein at elementary school, lower secondary school and upper secondary school level can now take part.

Easy participation - exciting projects

After registering at Juniorwebaward.ch Switch accompanies the participating school classes and their teachers with information material and offers two CMS programs to design the website. The classes can familiarize themselves with the web topic and then independently create a website on the topic of their choice. The deadline for submitting projects is March 12, 2014, followed by a public vote and evaluation of the websites by a professional jury. The best three projects in the three age categories of primary school, lower secondary school and upper secondary school will be chosen. The winning classes will be honored at the awards ceremony on 22 May 2014 at the Kongresshaus. Moderation: Katja Reichenstein.