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There are 4 national languages in Switzerland. English (which is not a national language) is probably the best way to reach the largest audience. That is the reason why we publish in English here.


What is OLPC.ch?

The non profit association olpc.ch

In June 2008 the non profit association olpc-ch has been founded. To become a member you have to subscribe to the mailing list and send a mail to the president of the association Urs Lerch. A short video about olpc.ch recorded at the Swiss Day of computer science (August, 29th 2008) [Play Video]

  • We use this Wiki (this page and later sub-pages) for collaborative publishing for now
  • We communicate and coordinate on the olpc-ch mailing list [Subscribe]
  • We host files on Google [View]
  • We own the olpc.ch domain name and make it available for OLPC Switzerland initiatives
  • We have a Twitter channel : olpcswitzerland [Goto]

[Whois]

The objectives of olpc.ch

  1. Demonstrate that the concept is worth promoting by using XOs in Switzerland
  2. Show that OLPC is not just a cheap PC for developing countries by using XOs in one of the world's wealthiest countries
  3. Promote the dissemination of XOs in German, French and Italian speaking regions by adapting XOs to these languages.
  4. Promote the programming environment Squeak in the German speaking area by adequate examples and ideas developed in Swiss pedagogic universities and tested in Swiss schools
  5. Emphasize the importance of basic concepts in contrast to product knowledge by using non-commercial hardware and software
  6. Demonstrate the possibilities of digital learning tools to the Swiss education environment

Our Flyer (also Flyer in German as RTF and Flyer in French as PDF) is a handy summary you may find of interest too. More generally speaking, we also aim at participating in the OLPC Europe group, and share the OLPC_Europe/Vision. See also the VIDEO (in French) where Michael Vorburger of OLPC.ch speaks about the XO and OLPC Switzerland. Articles of Association: OLPC-ch.


Who is olpc.ch?

Our mailing list reaches between 50 and 100 people.

Name Function
Urs Lerch President
Michele Notari Member of board, former President
Beat Döbeli Honegger Member of board
Benedikt Trefzer Member of board (Finances)
Niklaus Giger Auditor (Revisor), member of the OLPC Support Gang
Cécile Wyler Translation's volunteer. FLOSS manuals for XO and Sugar.
Michael Wyler
You?

How can I get involved?

Subscribe to the olpc.ch mailing list, get actively involved

If you are interested in following the olpc.ch grassgroots group efforts, if you're interested participate in OLPC Switzerland, please do join our olpc.ch mailing list, by subscribing at http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-ch. When you subscribe, it would be nice if you would briefly introduce yourself via an email to the list. We archive the olpc-ch list for you to read what we have been up to in before you joined.
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Make a donation to olpc.ch

To make a donation please use Swiss postal account OLPC-ch nr: PC-60-487139-0


Visit us at an upcoming event

09-30 till 2011-10-02 OLPC / Ondalivre – Forum and Gala-Concert for Peace and Solidarity [Info]

Where can I get a XO?

The question most often asked is Where can I get an OLPC-Laptop in Switzerland?

  • Borrow one: olpc.ch hosts four OLPC XO computers. They are used for exhibitions, presentetations, and experimental use. See XO Reservation System for details.
  • Buy one at ebay: You could buy an XO at ebay.com
  • Help us start a pilot program: olpc.ch plans to start an pilot program in Switzerland. When we buy machines for this pilot program we could buy some machines more and resell them in Switzerland


What has already happened in Switzerland?

Newsticker Switzerland

2009-11-11 "..Urs Lerch becomes member of the OLPC-ch association as part of the board."
2009-06-09 "..20 XO's delivered."
2008-08-08 "..OLPC-ch is prowd owner of a third X0 (borrowed from olpc-Austria)."
2008-06-25 "..the OLPC-ch association has been founded."
2008-03-26 "..chat conference started."
2008-02-14 "..finally two XO from Austria arrived. This wiki is written with one of them!"
2008-01-26 "..OLPC-ch mailing list opened."
2008-01-15 "..first face to face meeting of OLPC Switzerland in Bern."


Past Events

Time Crew Theme/Description Link Media
2011-02-11 OLPC Austria OLPC in Latin America and what we can learn about, @PHZ Schwyz in Goldau Video
2011-02-10 OLPC Austria Presentation by Christoph Derndorfer, Technopark Zurich (CH)
2010-03-24/25 OLPC / Ondalivre OpenExpo2010 in Berne Info
How to reach
Gallery
2009-11-18 OLPC Switzerland Switzerland Talk@CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Geneva
2009-09-23/24 OLPC / Ondalivre OpenExpo2009 in Winterthur Info Gallery
2009-03-13 OLPC Switzerland Two workshops, "Fachtagung Personal Learning Environments in der Schule", @PHZ Schwyz in Goldau Info
2009-01-20 OLPC Switzerland OLPC.ch January 20th 2009 Meeting in Bern Program
2008-11-15 OLPC Switzerland UNM conference in Zurich. Poster presentation and answering questions Info
2008-10-22 OLPC Switzerland OLPC.ch Meeting in Bern Program
2008-09-09 OLPC Switzerland SFIB Meeting, plenary speach, presentation of the project Info
2008-08-29 OLPC Switzerland Participation to the 'Tag der Informatik' in Zurich. Workshop for children and presentation of the project Info Gallery
2008-06-04 OLPC Switzerland Meeting in Berne Info
2008-05-24 OLPC Switzerland OSS in schools, seminar Info
2008-04-21 OLPC / Ondalivre Workshop in Barra Bonita, Brazil Gallery
2008-03-26 OLPC Switzerland Phone conference
2008-03-12/13 OLPC Switzerland OpenExpo in Berne Flyer Gallery
Video
2008-03-03 OLPC Switzerland BarCamp in Lausanne, EPFL Program
2008-02-07/08 OLPC Switzerland Lift08 Conference in Geneva Home Gallery

Picture Gallery


Activities, OLPC projects - from the community of interest in switzerland

Period Project/Logo Description Contact/Team Link FB
2011-2014 Chile Helping children with learning disabilities laptop.org
2008-2011 XO-Contest All classes, pupils students, scientists, hackers and geeks are cordially invited to join the XO-competition. The competition consists in the creation of a free choice of written work, which has to stand in connection with the OLPC project . By keeping a diary blog and a final publication, this competition should make a substantial contribution of Switzerland to the global development project. Although the written work is accepted from a variety of fields, contributions in the domains of computer science and pedagogy are favored Urs Lerch xo-contest.ch
2008-2018 Logo Olpc Ondalivre1.png Internet for schools in developing countries Stefan Rovetto
Denise Antunes da Silva
Tatiana de Moraes
x-event.designo.ch Join


Activities, e-education projects (CH)

Period Project/Logo Description Contact/Team Link FB
2009-2010 iPhone class Children always have a iphone device for free available for schoolwork. They can read, write, calculate, draw... Beat Döbeli projektschule-goldau.ch


Development

Period Project/Logo Description Contact/Team Link FB
2010-2011 OLPC-Forum Development of first multilingual OLPC-Forum and easy to use multilingual Library Stefan Rovetto dev.olpc-forum.org
2009 Proxy X-LC1 The X-LC1 is a linux based solution for project OLPC / Ondalivre. Is common for scool proxies. Why so special? 1-click-setup and c2sd (conntrack to syslog daemon) Roman Ammann
Stefan Rovetto
Alexandre Hill-Maestrini
sourceforge.net
2001 Etoys An educational tool for teaching children ofset.org


Where can I find further information?

Blogs

Read the OLPC Blog from Michael Vorburger, Beat Döbeli, Martin Hofmann, Stefan Rovetto de pt
Read more OLPC Blogs on Swissroll 1 2 3 4 | Infamy


Press

If you are a journalist in Switzerland, please do subscribe to our mailing list and introduce yourself. We would love to give you a demo (e.g. in Bern, or Lausanne; or elsewhere) of the innovative XO laptop, and share some of our enthusiasm with you... and maybe you would like to write about the OLPC movement, the XO education project, and OLPC Switzerland?

Publication Magazine
Write a thesis. Get a laptop. Change the world Swiss iT Magazine, 2009-11-27
All classes, students, hackers and geeks are invited to participate in the XO-competitive... [Full Text] Write a thesis change the world.png
With one click out of the misery Sonntagszeitung, 2009-04-13
How the project "One Laptop per Child" change the opportunities in a South African slum... [Full Text] Mit einem Klick aus dem Elend.png
Testing cheapest laptop in the world 20 Minuten Online, 2008-11-28
The 100-dollar laptop will come very soon to Switzerland. Is the computer a replacement for Eee-PC? 20 Minuten Online has tested the XO-1... [Full Text] Guenstigstes Notebook der Welt im Test.png
The Third-World-Laptop will change our Notebooks Tagesanzeiger, 2008-05-05
Will change the lowcost-XO the landscape of education in developing countries? Is still not confident. But the XO exist, that's why the big hardware manufacturers be pressurized... [Full Text] OLPC wird Notebooks veraendern.png
300 escolas públicas devem receber laptops VIDA& (Brazil), 2008-04-26
Projeto Um Computador por Aluno, do Ministério da Educação, hoje restrito a cinco colégios-piloto, será ampliado no final deste ano... [Full Text] 300 escolas receber laptops.png
Piaget, Illich et JJSS dans un laptop design à 200 F Domainepublic, 2008-01-05
Domain Public a testé l’ordinateur qui doit apporter la révolution démocratique de l’éducation et de la connectivité globale aux enfants du tiers-monde... [Full Text] Illich et JJSS dans un laptop design a 200.png
Cabals and Love NZZOnline, 2007-12-04
In the centers of the industrialized world politicians, professors and business leaders want to play Santa Claus. The want give computer technology to the children in underdeveloped regions... [Full Text] Kabale und Liebe.png
A mobile computer not just for kids NZZOnline, 2007-11-13
With the distribution of screwdrivers you will not be able to accelerate the industrialization of an archaic society the existence of hardware and software does not make an information society... [Full Text] Ein Mobilcomputer nicht nur fuer Kinder.png
One Laptop Per Child Hochparterre, 2007-11-01
After two years of development the OLPC laptop in the U.S. come on the market. The designer Yves Béhar, experts from DEZA and Helvetas speeks about project... [Full Text] Ein Laptop pro Kind.png
The low-cost computer get more expensive NZZOnline, 2007-02-11
Within a period of five years, a unit costs about 972 U.S. dollars, including maintenance... [Full Text] Der OLPC wird teurer.png


Re-usable Material: Logo / Header Talks / Presentations / Articles / Videos

Media Date Versions
Koncept en de fr it pt es
Koncept, OLPC / Ondalivre – Project outline 2010 Ico External Link site1.png
Video (Stream, Interview)
Video, OLPC-ch – Introduction to OLPC-ch (40sec) 2008 Ico External Link mov1.png
Video, OLPC-ch – Introduction to OLPC-ch (8min) 2008 Ico External Link mov1.png
Video, OLPC-ch – Interview, LIFT conference in Geneva (6min) 2008 Ico External Link mov1.png
Video, OLPC-ch – OLPC Mesh Networking @Lift (6min) 2008 Ico External Link mov1.png
Logo (Banner, Pictogram)
Logo, OLPC-ch – official (svg) Ico External Link site1.png
Logo, OLPC-ch – official (not scalable) Ico External Link site1.png
Logo, OLPC-ch – official header (svg) Ico External Link site1.png
Logo, OLPC-ch – heading+ (for letters) Ico External Link site1.png
Logo, OLPC / Ondalivre – official Ico External Link site1.png
Logo, OLPC-Forum.org – official Ico External Link site1.png
Flyer
Flyer, OLPC-ch – Looking for specific XO opportunities 2008 Ico External Link site1.png
Flyer, OLPC-ch – Various flyers for "Tag der Informatik" 2008 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png
Flyer, OLPC-ch – OpenExpo Berne 2008 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png
Flyer, OLPC-ch – XO-Context, write a thesis, get a laptop... 2008 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png
Flyer, OLPC / Ondalivre – official (A6) 2008 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png
Presentation (Folio, Video, Audio)
Presentation, OLPC-ch – A better education with free software? 2008 Ico External Link site1.png
Presentation, OLPC-ch – OLPC, useful for switzerland? 2008 Ico External Link site1.png
Presentation, OLPC-ch – Slideshow for OpenExpo Berne'08 2008 Ico External Link site1.png
Presentation, OLPC-ch – OLPC Story from Arahuay 2008 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png
Form
Form, OLPC / Ondalivre – Consent to the publication of pictures/movies 2008 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png
How-to
How-to, Ondalivre – Installing firmware on a mesh unit Ico External Link site1.png
Software
Software, OLPC – Get_mo Ico External Link site1.png
Software, OLPC / Ondalivre – X-LC1 Proxy Ico External Link site1.png
Book
Book, OLPC – The OLPC Bible Ico External Link site1.png
Statistic (Database, Survey)
Statistic, OLPC – Communes/Schools (CH) interested in OLPC projects 2010 Ico External Link site1.png Ico External Link site1.png