AISD Decides: Back-to-School Means On Campus, In Person, No Virtual Learning

District cites funding fears after Lege's failure to act

"...announced today, June 18, it will not offer a virtual learning option this fall...."

June 18, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

As COVID Surges, AISD to Offer Virtual School

Remote option for K-6 students too young for vaccine

"...ISD has swiveled back to planning to offer a virtual learning option this fall. The decision came just before..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Graduations Presage AISD's Return to In-Person Learning

As COVID-19 case counts drop and vaccination rates rise, the district looks to the fall

"...a new school year that may not feature remote learning...."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Stay at Homo With Thee Gay Agenda’s Virtual Events

Series reinvents queer connection in the virtual screenscape

"...of invention.” But with Thee Gay Agenda’s lineup of virtual events, dubbed the Stay at Homo series, that phrase..."

April 24, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Austin ISD Moves To 100% Remote Learning for the Week Following Thanksgiving

On-campus instruction will resume Dec. 7

"...Austin ISD will be partnering with APH to provide..."

Nov. 26, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...The rumors of the death of virtual theatre have been greatly exaggerated...."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Virtual Reality Offers a World Without Rules for Filmmakers

The first rule of VR storytelling is that there are none

"...The first rule of virtual reality is that there are no rules to virtual..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Defending Virtual Schools

"...Rachel Proctor May's recent articles on pending legislation, connecting virtual schools with "vouchers" is misleading [“Lege Notes,” News, April..."

April 5, 2005 Postmarks

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Austin Choirs Seek Community Through Virtual Worship

Music remains an integral part of most religions, so what happens when the choir can't meet?

"...Chuck Treadwell bends over in hearty laughter thinking about virtual harmonization. He blames the digital lag, which throws everything..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Nataleah Small

Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Explore East Austin Gentrification

Technology and social justice come together in Latinitas' film

"...Putting on the virtual reality headgear, the documentary immerses viewers directly into the..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

'Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel'

In 'Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel,' choreographer Ellen Bartel creates three dances exploring the idea of how we travel without moving

"...In Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel, Bartel creates three dances exploring this..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Virtual Cooking Classes With Top Austin Chefs

Extraordinary new series to benefit Southern Smoke Foundation

"...such a loss, this confounding plague has spawned some learning opportunities that we’d never dared dream of having access..."

April 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Round Rock High Schoolers Spark Learning During the Pandemic

"...students. The majority are from Texas, but in today's virtual world they also work with students from other states,..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Adjusting to a Virtual Reality

City Council and LDC rewrite team both trying to figure out the new normal

"...this week, with Austin ISD restarting classes (via distance learning), the AISD board of trustees holding a meeting (via..."

April 10, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

About That AISD Waiver

Following backlash, confusion, district will seek TEA waiver to extend virtual learning, phase in classroom instruction after Oct. 5

"...Texas Education Agency waiver that, if granted, would extend virtual learning for four weeks after October 5...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

AISD First-Day Jitters

School opens with technical glitches; teachers' union demands waiver to extend virtual learning

"...The first day of virtual school for Austin ISD began with a tragically apt..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

AISD News: COVID Delays On-Campus Classes, Supe Search Down to 6

Students will return to virtual learning for the first three weeks at minimum

"...year the same way they ended it – via virtual instruction...."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin ISD Board Passes New Rules on Grading and Graduation

Special AISD meeting installs modifications to adapt to coronavirus

"...After the first day of virtual learning for Austin Independent School District came to a..."

April 7, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

AISD Will Resume Classes in August, but What Will They Look Like?

District mulls "blended approach" to reopening schools, schedules virtual conversations with parents, students, and staff

"...that the school year should start on time with virtual learning options. The approach, according to Bush, would include..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Antonelli’s x Essex Street: Behind-the-Scenes Cheese Tour

It’s local; it’s global; it’s a tasty, one-of-a-kind experience

"...with Essex Street Cheese’s Rachel Juhl to provide this virtual but actual-cheese-enhanced world tour to turn your Saturday night..."

April 1, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...impact of COVID-19, switching multiple times a day between virtual and face-to-face instruction, trying to focus on education while..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...appealed to them. Even AISD's last-minute decision to offer virtual learning in the fall to elementary students (grades K-6),..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Local K-12 Educators Look at Ways to Start the School Year as COVID-19 Looms

Put on your thinking cap

"...They stand close to each other, discussing what they’re learning...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Aaricka Washington

We Have an Issue: Meet the Interns

COVID may have robbed our summer interns of the hands-on experience of putting out a paper, but they're making the most out of their virtual internship

"...internship program, as with most of our operations, went virtual in mid-March; this current crop of interns has never..."

July 10, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

AISD Announces Start of School Year Will Be Online

First three weeks will have no in-class instruction

"...year the same way they ended it – via virtual instruction...."

July 14, 2020 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Reflections on the D

Plus, pre-Pride Month virtual events

"...Schindler, Lex Vaughn, and Anita Obasi – announcing its virtual "Dyke-a-Day" Instagram series. But also on my indignation, when..."

May 29, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

AISD’s Special Education System Struggles to Keep Up

School system tries to keep up with its workload and comply with legal mandates

"...to know if he might need help for additional learning disabilities...."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Artist Ender Martos Celebrates His Past, Present, and Future in "Veintiuno"

The virtual exhibition marks the 21st of the 21st in the 21st ...

"...advantage of this convergence of 21s to create a virtual exhibition that explores not only his artistic work, but..."

March 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice – Free Lunch: Yes or No?

A potpourri of virtual events and programs

"...in need, at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 6. It's virtual, of course, so you're on your own for the..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Zombies, Oprah, and Zoom, South By!

2021 SXSW EDU Online expands its scope

"...Virtual learning, of course, is one of the most prescient..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

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