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| Mar 13, 2026 | Boundless Life Showcases the Future of Global Education at SXSW | Boundless Life joined education leaders at SXSW to discuss global learning models as growing numbers of families explore alternatives to traditional schooling.
AUSTIN, Texas , March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As parents and educators re... |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Bill of Rights Institute Launches Civics Innovation Lab to Reinvent America’s Approach to Civic Education | Lab will create new research-backed and technology-enabled tools for the next generation of Americans
As we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, the launch of the Civics Innovation Lab will help young Americans connect to the nation’s cor... |
| Mar 2, 2025 | Koia™ Shakes Up the Protein Market with New Powder Line | In a world where health trends come and go like the tide, Koia™ is making waves. The brand, known for its ready-to-drink protein shakes, is stepping into new territory with the launch of its first-ever protein powder. This move is not just ... |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Pioneering Seattle-Based University Names Seasoned Higher Education Leader and Grantmaker as New President | City University of Seattle names Suzanne E. Walsh as its next president.
City University of Seattle announces Suzanne E. Walsh as its next president; transformational leader in higher education innovation, philanthropy and student success w... |
| Feb 24, 2025 | International Baccalaureate Partners with SXSW EDU 2025 to Drive Future of Learning | International Baccalaureate Organization
IB Leaders Available for Media Interviews
SXSW EDU 2025 is an excellent opportunity to explore how IB’s globally recognized programs prepare students for an interconnected world and empower them with... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | United for Human Rights: A Vibrant Addition to the Spirit and Dynamic of SXSW EDU Conference and Festival | PRESS RELEASE: United for Human Rights: A Vibrant Addition to the Spirit and Dynamic of SXSW EDU Conference and FestivalSharing United for Human Rights and Youth for Human Rights educational materials at SXSW EDU-the South by Southwest educ... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | AmeriCorps Celebrates National Service in Texas | AmeriCorps CEO joined AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors, service leaders and organizations to spotlight education
Washington, DC, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During the week of Monday, March 4, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith... |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Project Tomorrow Reveals All-New Speak Up Survey Insights and Reflects on 20 Years | Project Tomorrow
Celebrating 20 years of the annual Speak Up survey, Project Tomorrow's latest insights and findings highlight what's top of mind for educators
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Project Tomorrow, one of the nat... |
| Apr 4, 2023 | EdTech Council, the educational technology hub for EdTech companies released a list of Top 10 best EdTech Events 2023 | EDTECH WORLD FORUM 2023
EDTECH FORUM
EdTech Council, the educational technology hub based in London, UK for global EdTech companies released a list of Top 10 best EdTech Events 2023
EdTech World Forum aims to be a leading global education c... |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Award Winning Documentary Film Pioneers In Skirts Screens at SXSW EDU Austin, TX March 8, 2023 11 am, Convention Center | Pioneers In Skirts: A Movie About Women and Ambition
SXSW EDU Post Screening Speakers
International Women's Day - Embrace Equity
The daughter-mother filmmaking team Ashley Maria and Lea-Ann Berst will attend with special guests from North C... |
| Oct 27, 2022 | ELSA Introduces Speech Analyzer - An AI-Powered English Communication Coach For Real Life Conversations | “We realized there wasn’t a product out there that provided a comprehensive analysis and ‘always on’ coaching solution in the classroom, office, online meetings or at home. Speech Analyzer meets all these needs.” - said Ms. Vu Van, co-found... |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Language Training App ELSA Invests Over A Million Dollars in the Aviation and Hospitality Sector | “English language proficiency is a key asset in an employee’s repertoire, and as the airline and hospitality sector bounce back, emphasis should be placed on language based training and development to aid excellence in customer experience&q... |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Kahoot : in the news roundup, January 14 | News
January 14, 2022 Kahoot! in the news roundup, January 14
Check out our roundup of selected news coverage Kahoot! has received this week from around the world.
Host a Virtual Game Night with These Multiplayer Apps- Megan Schaltegger, Th... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Why Technology Hasn’t Boosted Learning—And How It Could | Ed tech hasn't lived up to its promise because of mistaken assumptions about how learning works.getty |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Vietnamese Woman Revolutionized Education with AI-powered English Learning App to Win Google Funding | CJ Robles, Tech Times 16 October 2020, 11:10 am
Since she founded her English-learning company in 2015, Vietnamese entrepreneur Vu Van struggled to expand her business, English Language Speech Assistant (ELSA), which provides an app powered... |
| Jun 23, 2020 | SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences | What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away.
Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate a... |
| May 25, 2020 | ‘Unschooling’ Isn’t The Answer To Education Woes—It’s The Problem | The belief that children should ideally be in charge of their own learning has prevented many from ... [+] fulfilling their potential.Getty |
| Mar 10, 2020 | SXSW EDU Is Called Off. But the Sessions and Parties Are Still Happening. | For Ryan King, getting from Hong Kong to Austin, Texas was already a hassle.
He cancelled his original flight, which had a layover in Beijing. That would have subjected him to a 14-day quarantine upon his return, per rules enforced by Hong ... |
| Apr 23, 2019 | Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Opinionated Guide to Changing Edtech Industry Conferences | ASU GSV. SIIA. SXSW EDU.
No, these are not scattered arrangements of alphabet blocks from an especially precocious early learning classroom. They’re abbreviations for major conferences for companies in the education industry.
I’ve been atte... |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Judge, Jury and Education Startups: Reflections From the SXSW EDU Launch Competition | All the world’s a stage when you’re a startup, and life becomes a pitch in front of investors, advisers, reporters, partners and potential acquirers.
Those hats were represented in the panel of judges at this week’s SXSW EDU Launch Competit... |
| Feb 19, 2019 | Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!) | Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first we... |
| May 30, 2018 | CSU and California Community Colleges Partner on a Tool to Find Transferable Online Courses | Two of the largest higher-education systems in the country are partnering to pilot an online course finder tool to increase students’ access to 10,000 online and transferable courses.
The year-long initiative, called Finish Faster!, launche... |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Startup competitions seeking EdTech companies | They include LearnLaunch Pitch Competition, Pitch IT! Challenge and The Global EdTech Startups Award
If you're a startup seeking opportunities to get funded, educated or connected, startup competitions are a great resource.
Vator has been h... |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Startup competitions with largest cash prizes in EdTech | They include Global EdTech Startup Awards and LEAP Edtech Startup Competition
If you're a startup seeking opportunities to get funded, educated or connected, startup competitions are a great resource.
Vator has been holding its own competit... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | SXSW EDU is getting Baltimore’s edtech community together | With Baltimore’s history of edtech innovation, national players are paying attention. An event being held at Betamore in City Garage this week offers an in-person example.
As they prepare for next year’s event in Austin, SXSW EDU organizers... |
| Apr 4, 2017 | Beyond Technology: Blended Learning Conference Debates Equity, Cultural Inclusion | For a conference named after “blended learning,” many attendees were surprised to learn that they did not agree on what the term meant.
Dr. Dallas Dance, Superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, was among the first to raise this d... |
| Mar 8, 2017 | Startup Showdown: Recruiting Startup 'The Whether' Takes Home Launch Competition Prize | Ten starry-eyed startups took to the stage this week for SXSWedu’s sixth annual Launch Competition, a two-part challenge where early-stage companies battle head-to-head for feedback, exposure and investment. From VR/AR anatomy learning tool... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | College Chatbot Service AdmitHub Raises $2.95M in Seed Funding to Guide Students Through School | A lot of questions came up when I applied for and went through college. Questions like:When is the FAFSA due?
But what if you could send a text to get immediate answers to these questions? Answers like:The 17/18 FAFSA is due by June 30, 201... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | College Chatbot Service AdmitHub Raises $2.95M in Seed Funding to Guide Students Through School | A lot of questions came up when I applied for and went through college. Questions like:When is the FAFSA due?
But what if you could send a text to get immediate answers to these questions? Answers like:The 17/18 FAFSA is due by June 30, 201... |
| Jun 29, 2016 | SXSWedu is hosting a Baltimore meetup | We’ve seen tech communities from D.C. and Philly bring contingents to SXSW. Next week, there’s a chance for Baltimore’s edtech community to get together and start thinking about the massive Austin event’s education-focused conference.
SXSWe... |
| Jun 25, 2016 | This app teaches people a Midwestern accent | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Want to learn to talk like you’re from Kansas? Pick up Elsa Speak. It’s an app that uses machine learning to teach the pronunciation of... |
| Mar 28, 2016 | We Hear You: The Six Things Teachers Most Want from Edtech Companies | Listen to your customers. It makes sense in any business. But in education—and especially ed tech product development—this advice is more crucial than ever. In recent years, we’ve noticed a common theme—educators tell us that the learning r... |
| Feb 12, 2016 | How Team USA’s Coach Plans to Rebuild America’s Confidence in Math | Let’s say that three students—we’ll call them Donald, Hillary and Michael—are running for class president. Fifteen percent of the class like Michael, 40 percent root for Hillary, and the rest cheer for Donald. In this simple scenario, the o... |
| Sep 1, 2015 | It’s Never Too Early for Edtech Predictions: Trends From SXSWedu 2016 Session Proposals | Forecasting education technology trends eight months in advance can be a science as complicated and volatile as meteorology.
Still, many people take their best shot as they propose sessions for SXSWedu, Austin’s annual education technology ... |
| Mar 5, 2015 | EdTechWomen cofounder Margaret Roth is organizing a summit at SXSW | Baltimore will be well-represented at SXSWedu in Austin next week — among the list of organizers alone.
Last week, we wrote about the summit that Andrew Coy and Digital Harbor Foundation are organizing at the education innovation conference... |
| Mar 2, 2015 | How to Survive SXSWedu (and Have Fun) | Where are you going to be next Tuesday night? If you find yourself in Austin weary, parched and yearning for good company, join us at Soho Lounge for some cocktails and mingling.
That’s right--we’re headed to SXSWedu, joining thousands of e... |
| Jan 25, 2015 | Can you count to $2 billion? Education technology investment hits new record | Education technology is a weird little industry. But you may never fully appreciate exactly how weird until you start to dig into the numbers for 2014 — a record year for investment in education technology companies.
How weird is it? It’s a... |
| Jun 24, 2014 | Edtech Europe Highlights Promising Startups, Calls for More Investments | The “Who’s Who” of the European edtech scene descended on London on June 12 at Edtech Europe 2014, a conference organized by Edxus Group, a London company formed to acquire and consolidate European edtech companies, and IBIS Capital, a Lond... |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Europe's 20 Fastest Growing and Most Innovative e-Learning Companies Named | EdTech 20 highlights virtual classrooms, language learning and workplace training as key focus areas for education technology firms this year
London, 6th June 2014: EdTech Europe, Europe's leading e-Learning focussed conference platform, to... |
| May 17, 2014 | Help! I'm a Teacher...How Do I Get into Education Technology? | When I first started teaching fifth grade science at KIPP Academy in Houston, Texas, I had no idea that I would end up parlaying that experience into my current role as a consultant to education technology companies. I was simply a teacher ... |
| May 2, 2014 | Prompting for Great #EdTech Feedback | Dedicated software developers design and craft new tools, and we teachers beta-test and tinker to test out those tools --often in live learning activities with our students. For the software developer seeking critical feedback to find the p... |
| Mar 10, 2014 | Amplify: edtech firm launches hardier tablet, new digital curriculum | At SXSW Wedu, Dumbo’s Amplify announced two major initiatives for the 2014-2015 school year: a new hardy tablet and an English Language Arts curriculum built with star studded collaborators.
The tablet: Built with Corning Gorilla Glass, a t... |
| Mar 5, 2014 | The SAT Gets A Makeover | The College Board rolled out a slew of announcements today at SXSWedu; changes to the SAT, a new partnership with Sal Khan to deliver free test prep, and Pulitzer Prizes for kids. These moves show the College Board shifting away from a ‘mak... |
| Mar 3, 2014 | Guides to SXSW 2014 in Austin | By LAURA LOREK
Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| Mar 1, 2014 | Where are Educators in the Edtech Revolution? | As the edtech world descends on Austin, Texas, for SXSWedu 2014, some teachers have the lingering feeling of being left out of this learning confab. Last year’s conference left a sour taste in some educators’ minds, as they noticed the conv... |
| Feb 25, 2014 | Our Cheatsheet to SXSWedu 2014 | What happens in Austin, gets posted on EdSurge.
Thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and investors will be packing their bags later this week for the “weird” city of Austin for SXSWedu on March 3-6. PR folks are furiously hammering emails,... |
| Aug 19, 2013 | At this Boston school, coding is a graduation requirement | Nine out of 10 schools don’t offer programming classes, according to nonprofit organization Code.org. That’s a huge problem, given the demand for technical jobs, which is only set to increase.
One small private school, located just outside ... |
| Mar 12, 2013 | This Lego Set Helps Teachers Make Storytelling More Concrete | One of my fourth grade students displays genius tendencies when it comes to building and tinkering but struggles with engagement during literacy activities. He describes the problem as having too many ideas in his head and not being able to... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | SXSW 2013 and SXSWedu: list of Baltimore attendees and #notatSXSW Happy Hour | #NotatSXSW Bmore Tech Meetup — If you’re not going to Austin, come hang out with us!
RSVP here
Claddagh Pub 2918 Odonnell St, Canton
Tues. March 12 @ 7:00-8:30pm
$1 Natty Boh drafts
This year’s South by Southwest interactive kicks off in Au... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | MOOCs and Assessments and Makers, Oh My! | Coming at you, live from Austin's SXSWedu. Some 5,000 educators and entrepreneurs have been buzzing around the Texas state capitol, talking technology and education.
We're learning a lot--and still asking a lot of questions. We're tallying ... |
| Mar 3, 2013 | SXSWedu Highlights: Maker education, databases of students, personalized learning | Howdy! EdSurge will be reporting from the grand ole state of Texas this week as SXSWedu rolls into action.
SXSWedu promises to be an amazing mashup of educators, entrepreneurism and plain old fun. Companies of all sizes are planning to use ... |
| Mar 2, 2013 | Where will Silicon Hills News be at SXSW Interactive? | It’s almost time for South by Southwest Interactive and that means you should prepare for information and sensory overload.
A blog once termed SXSW as TED.com’s crazy cousin from the South. It’s also been called Spring Break for Geeks. But ... |
