Four Limerick students have been named as finalists in the fifth annual Doodle 4 Google competition. They are now amongst 75 Irish students in with a chance of having their doodle displayed on the Google Ireland homepage for millions of people to see. Everyone in Limerick is now being urged to visit www.google.ie/doodle4google and vote for Jordan, Siobhan, Emma and Patrick.
The following students are among 75 regional finalists in with a chance of winning the competition:
· Jordan Kelly (Group 2) from Colaiste Mhichil, Sexton Street
· Siobhan Danaher (Group 4) from Colaiste Ide agus Iosef, Abbeyfeale
· Emma O’Connor (Group 4) from Colaiste Mhuire, Askeaton
· Patrick Moynihan (Group 5) from St. Clement’s College, South Circular Road
The 75 finalists were selected by a panel of judges, including rugby player Robert Kearney, 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.
The finalists will now battle it out to top the public vote and to win the Doodle 4 Google title.
Voting will close on the 4th of March. The five most popular doodles, one from each age category, will go forward to the final where one of Google’s professional doodlers will select the overall winner.
John Herlihy, Head of Google Ireland, said, “This year we had the most entries that we’ve ever had, over 2,500, so our judging panel had an extremely tough time selecting the 75 finalists. Every one of our entrants should be tremendously proud of their success. Now, it’s over to the public to select our five class group winners. So I urge everyone in Limerick to go online, check out the fantastic creativity of our finalists and to vote for their favourite.”
The five class group winners and their teachers will receive a Chromebook each. The overall winner will have their doodle shown on the Google Ireland homepage for a full day in April 2013. The winner’s school will also receive a €10,000 technology grant from Google and for the first time the winning student will receive a scholarship of €5,000 to go towards their college studies.
For more information and to vote for the winning doodles go to: www.google.ie/doodle4google/
