Doodle 4 Google

NYSATA is a Proud Partner in this Year's Google Design Competition

Want to get your students involved in a fun and inspiring project that encourages them to dream big? Tell them about Doodle 4 Google, a competition where young artists design their own versions of the Google logo around a specific theme.

This year's theme is, "If I Could Do Anything, I Would...". The winning student's school gets $25,000 for a new computer lab, and he or she wins a $15,000 college scholarship and the chance to have his or her design on the Google.com homepage for a day for millions of people to see. And the 40 Regional Finalists will be flown to New York for a final awards presentation at Google's New York Office on May 26, 2010, and will have their designs exhibited at the Smithsonian's, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York from May 27 to July 8, 2010.

Google allows each public or private school to submit up to 6 doodle entries, and homeschools can also submit up to 2 doodles per school. If you register and submit your student doodles early (by March 10th), you'll have a chance to win the Extra Credit: Technology Booster Award, which is up to 20 netbook computers per school. Check out www.google.com/doodle4google for official rules and details on how to enter the competition today. Teachers must register their school by March 17, 2010, and all entries are due by March 31, 2010.