Search begins for Ireland’s top Doodler
Winning Doodle to appear on Google’s homepage in March 2010.
Google is calling on budding young artists to get creative and ‘Doodle
4 Google’ as the company launches its second annual art and design
competition.
The Doodle 4 Google competition is open to all primary and secondary
school children in the Republic of Ireland and those entering are asked
to create a doodle on and around the Google logo based on the theme ‘My
Future’. The winning doodle will be viewed by millions of internet
users when it is placed on the Google homepage in Ireland on 3rd March
2010. The winner will receive a laptop for themselves and their teacher
and a technology grant of €10,000 will be awarded to the winning
school.
Last year’s winner, Evan O’Sullivan Glynn from St. Munchin’s College, Corbally, in Limerick, had his winning Doodle ‘My Irish Roots’ displayed on the Google homepage on St Patrick’s Day 2009. Evan said, “It was a great achievement to see my doodle online on the Google homepage and know that it was being viewed by millions of people all over the world. It was fantastic to win the technology grant for my school which went towards providing new computers and projectors for all students to use.”
A distinguished panel of judges will be assembled to select the winning entries for this year’s competition, which will be judged both on creativity and how well students explain what the theme 'My Future’ means to them. Google is delighted that Michael Lopez, Master Doodler and Google Webmaster, will travel to Dublin from the US next March to select the overall winner of the Doodle 4 Google competition and meet with the finalists.
Entries will be accepted in four categories:
• Category 1 – Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1st Class, 2nd Class
• Category 2 – 3rd Class, 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class
• Category 3 – 1st Year, 2nd Year, 3rd Year
• Category 4 – Transition Year, 5th Year, 6th Year and Youthreach
Five winners from each category will be selected from Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connaught by the panel of judges. These 80 regional winners will be displayed on the Doodle 4 Google website and the general public will be invited to vote for their favourite doodle. The top 4 doodles, as voted by the public, will then be assessed by Google Webmaster Michael Lopez, who will select the overall winner.
“Google is dedicated to promoting creativity and innovation among young people and this competition invites students to embrace their own creativity. This year’s theme ‘My Future’ is fantastic and they can let their imaginations run wild”, said Adele Cooper of Google Ireland. “The quality of last year’s entries was beyond our expectations and among the best we received in any of the countries where we have run the competition. Last year’s winning doodle was viewed by millions of people around the world and this year’s winner will once again showcase their work on the World Wide Web. “Google will also award a €10,000 technology grant to the school of the winning ‘doodler’. Integrating innovation and technology into the classroom is vital for young students and we are delighted that we can make this significant contribution to a school in Ireland,” she added.
Schools must register to take part in the competition by the
6th November 2009 and must submit entries by the
18th December 2009.
For more information on the competition please visit
http://www.google.ie/doodle4google/.
This dedicated Doodle 4 Google website is also available in Irish
http://www.google.com/intl/ga/doodle4google/.
Doodle 4 Google lesson guides will be available to help guide students and to assist teachers in integrating the competition into their art classes.
Examples of Google doodles for reprint can be downloaded at:
http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html