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This is 6 minutes of fun with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon.

Doodle 4 Google

Opportunity for learners, K-12

Use your imagination to create a Google Doodle based on what inspires you. The 2019 Doodle for Google contest is open and this year’s theme is

When I grow up, I hope…  

Students in the U.S. in grades K-12 are eligible to create a design, using any materials, and submit it to the Doodle for Google Competition. For eligibility, requirements, and rules CLICK HERE. 

DEADLINE: MARCH 18, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time 

Each design must be accompanied by an ENTRY FORM. 

JUDGING CRITERIA

1. Artistic merit:
   Based on artistic skill
2. Creativity:
   Representation of the contest theme, use of the letters in the Google logo, and the unique approach to the doodle
3. Theme communication:
   How well the contest theme is expressed in both the artwork and the written statement

Submissions will be divided into 5 grade level clusters for judging:

1. Grades K-3
2. Grades 4-5
3. Grades 6-7
4. Grades 8-9
5. Grades 10-12

Jimmy Fallon and Kermit the Frog announcing the Doodle 4 Google on the Tonight Show!

Let’s Move

First Lady Michelle Obama

I am not sure if you caught the news recently week of Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the Let’s Move initiative that is about encouraging students to move.

This is a great initiative for those of you who incorporate movement into your music, visual arts, or theatre classes. Certainly dance fits well into the Let’s Move philosophy. You can watch the First Lady and Jimmy Fallon dancing on his show at this link. My favorite is the “Happy Snapper”. All the footage is worth seeing, especially if you need a laugh.

Seriously since the program started more families now have access to information that will help them make healthier choices, according to the Let’s Move! blog, and provide young people with more opportunities to engage in physical activity. You can learn more at http://www.letsmove.gov/.

You can see Michelle Obama doing the “Interlude” with a group of students at this site. This would be a great dance all your students and have a gathering where teachers and students come together to dance. It would create the opportunity to dance, be a community, and get some exercise.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/schooled_in_sports/2013/02/michelle_obama_jimmy_fallon_celebrate_3rd_anniversary_of_lets_move.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2