AUSTIN, Texas—Friday, AISD will announce the recipients of the 2013 Teaching with Google Nexus Project, with surprise visits at their respective schools. Join AISD at Blackshear Elementary School as a teacher is awarded a grant to create stop-motion animation using tablet technology with third through fifth grade students.

Who: Mel Waxler, AISD’s chief of staff; Michelle Wallis, the district’s executive director of innovation and development; and Gerardo Interiano, public affairs manager, Google

What: The 2013 Teaching with Google Nexus Project was made possible by an in-kind donation of 100 Google Nexus tablets for educators to integrate technology into their classroom.

When: 10:25 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1

Where: Blackshear Elementary School, 1712 E. 11th St.

Background: More than 60 teachers and non-profit providers who work with AISD students on campuses submitted grant applications. Through a multistep screening process and review panel of distinguished advisors and educators, the four winning grants were selected. A list of all four recipients will be provided after Friday’s event.

For more information, please contact the Department of Communications and Community Engagement at 414-2414.