Google is hoping to inspire the next generation of great Irish inventors with the theme ‘my invention’ for this year’s Doodle for Google competition. The winning doodle will be seen by millions of Internet users when it appears on the Google Ireland homepage for a day in April 2013.
For the first time the winning student will receive a scholarship of €5,000 to go towards their college studies. The winning teacher and student will also receive a Chromebook laptop each and their school will receive a €10,000 technology grant. The five class group winners and their teachers will also receive Chromebooks.
John Herlihy, head of Google Ireland, said: "At Google we are always trying to encourage young people to be as creative and inventive as possible and I’m really looking forward to seeing how they interpret this year’s theme of ‘my invention’. I am always blown away by the caliber of the entries across all the age categories."
A panel of judges including Gary Granville, Professor of Education at the National College of Art and Design and Marianne Kelly, former Assistant Curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art will narrow down the thousands of entrants to 75 finalists, 15 from each class group.
There are five class groups – three for primary schools and two for secondary schools students – in the competition: junior and senior infants; first, second; third, fourth, fifth and sixth class; first, second and third year; and TY, fifth and sixth year.
The top five doodles, one from each class group, will then be judged by the official Google doodle team, who will select the overall winner.
The deadline for entries is 10 December.
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