03 February 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

A Doodle for Google

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhVp9gcxLJY

Google Doodles are the google logo made into fun images to celebrate anniversaries, lives of famous people like pioneers, scientists or artists, and special events taking place around the world.

The google doodle began in 1998 when the co-founders of google placed a stick-man on their logo to indicate they were attending a festival in Nevada USA. The first doodle was very simple and the idea of placing a doodle on the google logo to celebrate notable events was born.

In the year 2000 the owners asked their chief webmaster to place a doodle on the log to celebrate Bastille Day in France – this logo was much appreciated by users that they decided to make this a permanent feature on their homepage. Nowadays events vary from Charles Adams 100th birthday to Grandparents day. Lee Paul the American Jazz and Country guitarist had a google doodle of a guitar and if you place the cursor over the strings you can even play the doodle guitar.

The doodle team has created over 300 doodles for Google.com in the United States and over 700 have been designed internationally.

DEBATE



  • Do you like to 'doodle'?

  • Are you an artist?

  • Is Google bigger than Apple?


KEYWORDS












































































Word Image Definition Example Listen
Doodle A design, figure, or the like, made by idle scribbling He doodled during the whole lecture. Listen
Co-Founders   A person who founds or establishes something with another. He was the co-founder of this business Listen
Drawing   A sketch, plan, or design, especially one made with pen, pencil, or crayon He was drawing he face for two hours Listen
Style A particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting They do these things in a grand style. Listen
Printing   The art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates The book had a first printing of 10,000. Listen
Sculpture   A 3-dimensional art work, traditionally mainly made of stone or wood Michelangelo's David Listen
Scientist An expert in science, esp. one of the physical or natural sciences My dad is a scientist. Listen
Webmaster A person who designs or maintains a Web site. He was the webmaster for google Listen
Strings   A narrow strip of flexible material, as cloth or leather, for tying parts together The strings of a guitar Listen


Grammar Structures:

Click here to learn about 'to bring'

Click here to read a post about the use of 'anymore'

07

December 2012
Mistaken identity....sort of.
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsaGzkwJzUg A comedian STAGING a fake theft ended up with more than he BARGAINED for when he was caught by a police community support officer. The officer thought a crime was in progress when TV star Simon Brodkin pretended to steal his own DVD. Brodkin was in character as one of his cre...

29

November 2012
Nature vs Nurture
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mvZ4EbPbME What do you think? Is our personality the result of our NATURE or the way we were NURTURED? Genetics is the study of biological INHERITANCE. Geneticists examine a wide variety of inherited TRAITS. You got your green eyes from your mother, and your freckles from your father. But where d...

29

November 2012
"Marriage is the chief cause of divorce"?
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUS-FnxUJb8 Have you heard the Groucho Marx's quote about divorce: ''Marriage is the chief cause of divorce''? What other reasons for divorce are there? During recession, do you think there are more divorces or less? Have a look at these comments related to the issue... Most people believe that the...

15

November 2012
The end of the world as we know it?
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDO2b9zUbE0 Derren Brown, the famous British hypnotist, has hit back at "hurtful" accusations that the victim in his controversial TV show Apocalypse is an actor, saying: "If they were actors we would have to quietly kill anyone who knew them." In the programme that ...

15

November 2012
Drunk man in Australia attempts to ride crocodile
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUSXx7tdc9I A drunk man who climbed into a crocodile enclosure in Australia and attempted to ride a 5m (16ft) long crocodile has survived his encounter. The crocodile, called Fatso, bit the 36-year-old man's leg, tearing chunks of flesh from him as he straddled the reptile. He received surgery to s...

12

November 2012
The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaG1jRLIBw Last month Hurricane Sandy caused DEVASTATING levels of damage to several large cities on the East Coast of the United States. Atlantic City was almost completely SUBMERGED by flood waters before Sandy hit land and in the light of day it became clear the town had ENDURED heavy damage. Th...

08

November 2012
US Elections - Obama Wins!
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://youtu.be/9X_liJoPV8c - What do you think of the American Elections? - Is it different to Spain? How? - Who DID you think was going to win in the elections? Obama or Romney What do you think to these controversial issues?... ABORTION & BIRTH CONTROL OBAMA: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contr...

08

November 2012
Reality Con...
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://youtu.be/SvcDbR6cnIs Reality TV celebrities have been targeted by a notorious Bristol conman looking to convince investors he is a successful media producer, a BBC investigation has found. Selva Carmichael, 51, now of Chackmore, Buckinghamshire, presented himself as Silva 'Silver Fox' Michael, the president of WorldScreen ...

26

October 2012
Best of British?
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGGbJEcUZsM A trade delegation from Britain is heading to Paris this week in an effort to boost the increasing popularity of British food in France. Since 2000, UK food exports to France have doubled from £1.1bn to £2.2bn, including quadruple the sales of cheese, such as stilton and cheddar, and tri...

26

October 2012
Wear jeans, help clean the air...
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://youtu.be/xVN2j56t2ek An innovative blend of fashion and science has resulted in the design of a new technology in jeans that cleans the air... Helen Storey, professor of fashion and science at The London College of Fashion, teamed up with Dr Tony Ryan, pro-vice-chancellor for the Faculty of Science at the University of She...