Google is famous for innovation. Here's a new contest that encourages art, innovation, higher order thinking skills and literacy, all rolled into one!
Picture this: You're standing in front of your class, but instead of keeping their eyes on the blackboard, the students are all sitting there doodling.
For once, though, they're actually working on an assignment -- namely, the Doodle 4 Google competition www.google.com/doodle4google which offers young artists the chance to play around with the Google logo and perhaps have their artwork seen by people all over the world.
The theme for our U.S. doodling competition is "What if...?"
What if...I could live underwater, or in outer space, or in Colonial America?
What if...I could see into the future?
What if...I could build any kind of invention I wanted?
Google will display 40 finalist doodles on their site and invite the public to vote for their favorites. The winning doodler will receive a $10,000 college scholarship and their design will take over the Google homepage for a day (the winning school will also receive a $25,000 technology grant).
Want to get in on the fun? You'll find everything you need, including detailed lesson plans, at www.google.com/doodle4google Registration closes on March 28th.
Have fun and good luck! You can check out Google for Educators @
http://www.google.com/educators
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