Doodle for Google 2013 is Open: My Best Day Ever....

    "Doodle for Google" is back for 2013 and I will be printing off and posting information in the middle school for this event. We have had students enter the past two years and their drawings have impressed me. Even though they did not win or place at the state or national level, I was proud of them and their drawings were amazing. Hopefully, many students will enter again this year and maybe this is the year someone from our district finally wins or places. This year's theme is....

"My Best Day Ever...."

  Alright, get doodling students and see Mr. Barry if you have questions!

Doodle for Google Contest Getting Science Center Publicity!

For the last week or so, I have been talking to students about seeing if they want to enter the Doodle for Google contest and now today I just received an email saying that the Science Center is working with kids to help them enter and learn more about it. We had 2 great entries last year, but they did not win. Google has added more prizes and winners this year, so maybe we will have a winner this year from our school. Here are some links where you can learn more.

Science Center's information about the contest click here!

Science Center is hosting a "Doodle Event" for kids on Feb. 25th from 12-4 p.m. Kids can come to learn more, hear from local artists, and practice their ideas. Cool!! Click here for calendar of event

Doodle for Google homepage with all the information, application/entry form to print out, and past winners. Click here!

Your child doesn't have to be great at art or be an "artist-in-training", just a willingness to try and to think of the possibility. Students can see me for details.

Google's Good to Know Site

As I am catching up reading blogs that I follow over the 3-day weekend (had about 400 blog posts to read...so I was a little behind!), I came across a blog about Google's Good to Know site and how it is very helpful with tips and information about being safe online. Everything from how to search more safely and more appropriately to actually seeing what data companies like Google actually get from your online experiences. I played around with this site some and found it to be somewhat helpful. Feel free to explore it some more and if you learn something or your child learns something....great!

Google's Good to Know click here!