Doodle 4 Google Competition
Image: 2005 winning entry by Lisa Wainaina, age 11
Google are running their first nationwide Doodle 4 Google competition, following last year's London pilot. If you attend a school or college in the UK and are between the ages of 4 and 18 you are in with a chance of becoming one of the 300 Regional finalists and going on to win the top prize - you and your family get to head out to Googleplex, California, and your doodle goes live for 24 hours:
'Doodle 4 Google - My Britain' is a nationwide design competition open to the UK's 10 million school children. Young people are being invited to design a Google doodle explaining what it means to be British today. The winning doodle, which will be displayed on the Google UK homepage for 24 hours, will be seen by around 18 million people.
The Doodle 4 Google microsite contains everything schools need to know about the competition including a downloadable version of the School Pack with sample Google logos and lesson plans for teachers.
i think its a really cool idea who ever came up with it is very clever
Posted by: amber burton | Monday, April 24, 2006 at 16:25
It is a cool idea - the marketing people over at Google are really on the ball. It's a great way to get Google on the school map - and anything that encourages the integration of/recognises internet practice in the classroom is fine by me. Maybe they could also get a citizenship lesson or two out of Google's stance on China.
Posted by: Josie | Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 23:34
it is a great way to express ur ideas
Posted by: chloe | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 18:56
i am in the doole google competiontion and i was just wondering if you have any tips mine is no way as that one above and i would like to make it just as good but different to that one have you got any ideas for pictures i could draw aroungd the word google
Posted by: charlotte | Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 15:23
i really like doodling i doodle over my school books
Posted by: Jacqueline | Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 21:06
I am in the Google competition and have been working hard on my design. I am looking forward to the closing date of the competition to find out who will win. All my class have taken part and if I do not win but a friend of mine does I shall be very pleased for them and my school will be very proud.
Posted by: Rachael walsh | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 14:38
Hi everyone! Good luck to all my student readers who are taking part in the Google competition - I'll be extremely proud too if any of you win - very jealous as well, I'd love to be heading off to Googleplex!
Posted by: Josie | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 18:46
i think it is an amazing idea to run this competition i am so glad that when i use google search engine i see unique work!!!
Posted by: Paula | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 16:55
hello i want to say how can i enter this compertion it sounds great thanks loads for letting me send this ok bye
Posted by: sharna | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 at 15:59
Hi Sharna - you have to get a teacher on board. Show them this entry or the google site - there are info packs for schools to download there: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/events/doodle.html
Good luck!
Posted by: Josie | Thursday, May 04, 2006 at 00:17
i love google
Posted by: tina | Friday, May 05, 2006 at 18:45
I think it's a really good idea. i have design a doodle 4 google in my art class at school and will be posting it soon.
Posted by: Carluke girl | Monday, May 08, 2006 at 17:12
can i do the doodling on my computer and email it 2 u?
Posted by: jamie | Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 16:41
F'sure Jamie - any of you who want to email in copies of your entries please do so - I'd love to put a mini gallery up! You can find my email details in the contact section of my sidebar.
Posted by: Josie | Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 20:50
i think its a great idea im entering it from oakhill collage i hope i will at least get to the finals even though its very hard.can you do it on the computer?
ive already done it on paper.
Posted by: carlos | Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 13:04
hi i want to say good luck everyone! i'm entering through school and am really enjoying it - although it was sometimes quite hard as i couldn't put what i wanted to in pictures!
Posted by: Brogan | Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 16:19
i would like to enter the competition but i dn't know how ?
Posted by: antonia hall | Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 21:16
where do i get one of those google slips form to draw on?
Posted by: emma | Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 18:03
hi my name is katie i am i have took part in this at my school see you soon love katie x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Posted by: katie | Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 20:59
GOOGLE IS AN ELECTRONIC SUPER BRAIN. I AM TAKING PART IN DOODLE FOR GOOGLE AT MY SCHOOL, RUBY, HUCKNALL NATIONAL SCHOOL, NOTTINGHAM.
Posted by: RUBY TAYLOR | Friday, May 19, 2006 at 21:11
I HAVE ENTERED THE DOODLE FOR GOOGLE COMPETITION AT MY SCHOOL, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHOS DESIGN WINS, I HAD GREAT FUN DOING MY DESIGN.I ATTEND WIDEY COURT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN PLYMOUTH
Posted by: GEORGIA | Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 19:07
Hi Everyone, glad your enjoying the competition! Brogan & Antonia - you can get all the info & forms from here:
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/events/doodle.html
- unfortunatly you have to enter through a school - so time to get those teachers on side!
Posted by: Josie Fraser | Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 21:08
Can I enter the comp? How would I send in my idea. Here it is.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/23/hippygoogle6zk.png
Im 14 years old.
Posted by: Ryan Hussey | Friday, May 26, 2006 at 13:56
hey i am 13 and in my art class we are doing this compitition and it is really fun to do it so every1 better enter coz it is good fun to do
Posted by: Natalie Dyer | Friday, May 26, 2006 at 18:05
hey its bex st marks r entering so we r goin 2 win (we hope ) plea please vote for rebekah thompson ive worked really hard on my desin
bex a google lover
Posted by: bex | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 20:09