Google celebrates Earth day with a time-lapse animation doodle of flowering plants that slowly blooms. It is the 42nd year of the advocacy started by US Senator Gaylord Nelson in efforts to raise environmental awareness. Here we see purple,…
Friedrich Fröbel on Google Doodle
The Froebel kindergarten in Bad Blankenburg, Thuringia, is a small spot yet historic on its own. There, German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (Froebel) (1782-1852) established the world’s first Kindergarten in 1840. He also coined the term which has been used untranslated in many languages. Kindergarten comes from the two words Kinder = kids, Garten = garden, a…
The Convenience of Getting a Degree Online
Is there really Convenience of Getting a Degree Online? College graduates often look back on their education and have regrets. They think about the degree program and whether they chose the right one. Whether they go into graduate school or…
Ai Se Eu Te Pego (Ah when I get my hands on you)
Coming from the jazz dance class, my kids would suddenly burst to a song that goes “Nossa, nossa” – followed by lyrics I wasn’t so sure of. It’s not German nor English and I was hearing the word mata which…
Wilhelm Busch on Google Doodle
Google honors German caricaturist, painter, and poet Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch with a doodle depicting a scene from the famous children’s story “Max and Moritz,” the artist’s first picture stories. We can see Master Böck falling from a bridge (small piece of wood) into the water. Max and Moritz,…
Robert Doisneau on Google Doodle
Google honors French photographer Robert Doisneau with a doodle depicting Paris en noir et blanc photo prints. Doisneau playful, and ironic images of amusing contrasts, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets and cafes made him a name in the arts….
