Vivian Walker reminds us that technology must be viewed through a cultural lens to truly serve a community. #SXSWEDU

The students are the heart of it all ❤️

Aneesh Sohoni at #SXSWEDU

Still thinking about yesterday's amazing #SXSWEDU and SXSW Crossover Day 😍

That’s a wrap on #SXSWEDU 2026! 🥳

Four incredible days of big ideas, inspiring conversations, and a community committed to changing the future of learning.

Thank you for showing up with passion, creativity, and purpose. This is what happens when the brightest minds in education come together.

Register now for #SXSWEDU 2027 and save! Take advantage of the special limited presale and purchase a badge at the lowest available price.

Join your community for four days in March 2027 in Austin, Texas. Dates will be announced in April 2026.

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SXSW EDU 2026 Beats & BBQ Social SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Don’t miss this year’s Beats & BBQ Social to bust a move and revel in the flavors of some good ol’ fashioned BBQ before you bid farewell. Join friends, new and old, to unwind and celebrate an invigorating SXSW EDU 2026! Music provided by Floppy Disko. Please note this event is limited to SXSW EDU registrants only.

One last hurrah before we head home. Join the #SXSWEDU Beats & BBQ Social at Cooper’s BBQ starting at 7:00pm. Let’s toast to the connections made and the ideas shared this week!

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Crossover Day Mixer SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Crossover Day is where the family of SXSW conferences and festivals converge. This networking event is an invitation for SXSW and SXSW EDU registrants to come together for a celebration of innovation in education and creativity. Join Imaginable Futures, presenter of the Crossover Day Mixer, to reimagine the stories we tell about learning in a moment when our relationships with technology—and with each other—are being rewritten. More information here: https://imaginablefutures.com/united-states/

Come connect with the community at the #SXSWEDU Crossover Day Mixer, presented by Imaginable Futures! 🤝 Mix and mingle from 5:00pm–7:00pm at The Reverbery in the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Dont miss the #SXSWEDU Featured Session "Social Health Trends & Predictions: Connection is the New Frontier" at 4:00pm in the Hilton Austin Downtown Hilton Grand Ballroom or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/KcK650Ys9Wo

Texas High School Shorts Screening & Q&A SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Please join us in welcoming the Texas High School Shorts to the SXSW EDU Film Program! This block of screenings will feature thirteen short films: “Just ask.” -- A boy fixates over asking a girl out at a subway station after recently being rejected. “The Cookie Quest” -- A young baker contracts an illness that stops her from being able to do what she loves. She struggles with her symptoms, eventually baking one cookie, beginning the transition back to her normal life. “Lyle in Love” -- Ly...

Celebrate local student talent at the #SXSWEDU Texas High School Shorts Screening & Q&A, kicking off today at 3pm in the Austin Marriott Downtown Waller Ballroom A.

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Snack Break SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | The ExxonMobil Foundation is hosting a daily snack break, and you’re invited. Grab a treat, enjoy a beverage, and connect with us. We’ve got giveaways too—come early, they go fast!

Time for a quick recharge! Join us for a #SXSWEDU Snack Break, presented by the ExxonMobil Foundation, at 3:00pm in the Austin Marriott Downtown Moontower Hall.

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Dont miss the #SXSWEDU Featured Session "How to Support Resilient Youth in an AI World" at 2:30pm in the Hilton Austin Downtown Hilton Grand Ballroom or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/zbx650Ys9UZ

"Young people's sense of mattering rest on the mattering of the adults in their lives. True mattering is balancing your own needs with the needs of others... We could feel like we matter so much to everybody else's needs, but ours are never prioritized."

- Jennifer B. Wallace at #SXSWEDU 2026

"Our resilience is not found in isolation, we can't self care ourselves into reliance. It rests on relationships. Deep, nourishing relationships that remind us that we are significant, appreciated, invested in, and depended on. That we matter."

- Jennifer B. Wallace at #SXSWEDU 2026

"When someone stands in your corner, you learn how to stand in someone's corner too, and thats how mattering multiplies."

- Jennifer B. Wallace at #SXSWEDU 2026

Discover SXSW EDU | SXSW EDU Watch full sessions from past SXSW EDU events, re-visit favorites and discover new inspiring content.

Starting Now: #SXSWEDU Closing Keynote with Jennifer B. Wallace. Watch live at https://ow.ly/2Beg50Ys9UT

Join us for our Closing #SXSWEDU Keynote with Jennifer B. Wallace at 1:00pm in the Hilton Austin Downtown Grand Ballroom or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/W2Cc50Ys9SI

Educators are rethinking how technology is used, with a focus on helping the next generation use it safely and responsibly 📱 #SXSWEDU

Dont miss the #SXSWEDU Featured Session "Strategy in the Times of Chaos: Imagining Futures of Education" at 11:30am in the Hilton Austin Downtown Hilton Grand Ballroom or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/I5LM50Ys9QT

“The Reading Reboot” Screening & Q&A SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | We are in the worst reading crisis in American history, a reflection of an education standard that has stagnated for almost half a century, yet the system is now being transformed through the Science of Reading. Author James Patterson takes us on a journey with several elementary schools throughout Florida that have implemented curriculum based on the Science of Reading provided by the UFLI Foundations program led by Dr. Holly Lane. This new system is rebooting the entire way we teach readin...

Check out the "The Reading Reboot" Screening & Q&A at 11:30am at the Austin Marriott Downtown Waller Ballroom A #SXSWEDU

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We love to see it! Snap a photo in your official gear and share it with #SXSWEDU. Still need to find your fit? Stop by the #SXSWEDU Merch Store on 6th from 9:00am–8:00pm!

Dont miss the #SXSWEDU Featured Session "Moonshots that Move the Needle" at 10:00am in the Hilton Austin Downtown Hilton Grand Ballroom or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/WSKM50Ys9PS

“Second Nature” Screening & Q&A SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Did you know that clownfish change sex from male to female? (So if Nemo’s mom had died in real life, his dad would have become his mom!) Did you know that albatross, penguins and swans parent in same sex pairs? Or that bonobos, who are just as closely related to us as chimps, are matriarchal and have same-sex sex every day?! Narrated by Elliot Page, Second Nature debunks myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” following trailblazing Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan R...

Check out the "Second Nature" Screening & Q&A at 9:00am at the Austin Marriott Downtown Waller Ballroom A #SXSWEDU

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SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule Browse events, build your schedule, and get personalized recommendations for the 2026 SXSW EDU Conference & Festivals from March 9–12, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

It’s the grand finale! Day 4 of #SXSWEDU Crossover Day is officially here! Check the schedule for today’s sessions and events, including SXSW Innovation, Film & TV, and Music programming, as we wrap up an incredible week!

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Ken Oliver reminds us that real change happens when we look beyond the record and understand the human story behind it. 🌍 #SXSWEDU

“Our Blues Make Us Gold” Screening & Q&A SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Our Blues Make Us Gold explores the enduring legacy of North Carolina A&T State University, tracing its pivotal role in American history. Through archival footage, personal testimony, and powerful storytelling, the film revisits the Greensboro sit-ins, student uprisings of the 1970s, and the rise of iconic alumni like Dr. Ronald McNair, Janice Bryant Howroyd, & Rev. Jesse Jackson. This documentary honors the institution's impact on civil rights, education, and American excellence reve...

Check out the "Our Blues Make Us Gold Screening & Q&A at 5:30pm at the Austin Marriott Downtown Waller Ballroom A #SXSWEDU

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Dont miss the #SXSWEDU Featured Session "New Ground Rules: Shifts in U.S. International Education" at 4:00pm in the Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FG or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/936E50YrlzT

“First Voice Generation” Screening & Q&A SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | First Voice Generation follows the stories of three Latinx high school students in Holland, Michigan, during an unprecedented global pandemic year. Each student struggles with their identity growing up in a historically Dutch community, feeling that they don't belong because they are children of Mexican immigrants. They each dream of being the first in their family to go college, but a year of challenges ensue with virtual learning, and the realization that the cost of affording college seems...

Check out the "First Voice Generation" Screening & Q&A at 3:00pm at the Austin Marriott Downtown Waller Ballroom A #SXSWEDU

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Snack Break SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | The ExxonMobil Foundation is hosting a daily snack break, and you’re invited. Grab a treat, enjoy a beverage, and connect with us. We’ve got giveaways too—come early, they go fast!

Time for a quick recharge! Join us for a #SXSWEDU Snack Break, presented by ExxonMobil Foundation, at 3:00pm in the Austin Marriott Downtown Moontower Hall.

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Dont miss the #SXSWEDU Featured Session "Beyond Bans: Defending LGBTQ+ Stories & Literary Freedom" at 2:00pm in the Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FG or tune in to watch it live at https://ow.ly/fGsb50Yrlf4

“People want to get this right. People often reflect on how we did not get the age of social media right. We want to create a future where kids use technology responsibly, and we want to get it right this time.”

- Adeel Khan at #SXSWEDU 2026