Category Archives: SXSWedu

SXSW Edu 2022 — View from Afar

Usually about this time, I’d be getting registered and ready to attend the Early Bird Reception before tomorrow’s opening day of SXSW Edu in Austin, Texas. Not this year. I’m not attending this time. I think back two years ago, … Continue reading

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SXSW Edu PanelPicker™ — This Year’s Edition

Panel-Picking time again for next year’s SXSW Edu Conference! SXSW Edu is the “stepchild” of the massive South by Southwest (SXSW) conferences. Whereas the triple-threat package of SXSW Music, Film, and Interactive Festivals bring hundreds of thousands of attendees, our … Continue reading

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Day 3 Doodles —Wrapping Up SXSW Edu 2021

Day 3 came & went and SXSW Edu 2021 is done. If we were in Austin, we would have seen the 2 tell-tales sign of SXSW shifting gears to welcome the SXSW Interactive & Film Festivals, which start up the … Continue reading

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Doodling Day 2, SXSW Edu Online 2021

Following my personal Day 2 tradition, I started later and went to fewer sessions. Amazing how quickly conference fatigue can start to slow me down. These doodle notes from yesterday likewise show a little fatigue towards the end of the … Continue reading

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Back in the Doodle Again — SXSW Edu 2021 Online

It’s March — time for SXSW! Of course, 2021 turns out to be 2020 redux so far for large public gatherings. That is — still no live SXSW in Austin. Everything that can be has been moved online to help … Continue reading

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Travel in the Time of COVID-19

with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez Okay, travel ain’t love and COVID-19 ain’t cholera. But my planned travel back to Austin for SXSW Edu certainly earned some caution from friends. I must admit I felt some mild trepidation regarding going … Continue reading

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PanelPicker Evaluations Progress Report: 40 down, 30 to go

30 more presentation proposal evaluations to complete for the SXSW Edu Advisory Board, that is. In my role as a member of the SXSW Edu Advisory Board, I review and evaluate proposals for next year’s conference’s presentations. I’ve got 70 … Continue reading

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SXSW Edu 2020 PanelPicker™ Now Open

Send a boy to summer camp — okay, not summer camp, send me to next spring’s SXSW Edu 2020 as a speaker. Every year, hundreds of educators, ed tech innovators and entrepreneurs, students, and others interested in education submit proposals … Continue reading

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SXSWedu 2019 — Doodle-notes, part 2

More of my doodle-notes from this year’s Land of A-Ha’s — SXSWedu — complete with audio recordings if you want to follow along in the notes. Future of College Admissions? Storytelling Reeta Gupta CirkledIn   As colleges move past dependence … Continue reading

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SXSWedu 2019 — Doodle-notes, part 1

You know about my SXSWedu doodle-notes and you may even have examined past ones that I’ve posted. I’ll admit I’m slightly out of practice this time around (and forgot my doodle-book entirely one day), but here are a few from … Continue reading

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