Reflecting on my first time at @sxswedu.com

Grateful to attend and honored to serve as a mentor

Still thinking about:
• Cross-district math instruction conversations
• Mistake-making

And the need for stronger teacher voice in these spaces.

#SXSWEDU #MathEd #TeacherVoice

SXSW EDU 2026 LIVE Join us for SXSW EDU 2026 live! Watch select featured and keynote sessions here from March 9th through the 12th.

SXSW & SXSW EDU 2026 are over but you can still watch livestream sessions
#SXSWEDU: https://ow.ly/A0Ge50YwwC2
#SXSW: https://ow.ly/UJH250YwwC4

From left to right, Dr. Terika McCall, Dr. Katie Edwards, Jayla Stokesberry, and Dr. Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes stand on stage at SXSWEDU, smiling following their panel, Pride + Resilience: LGBTQ+ Young People in Online Spaces.

An audience member stands and speaks into a microphone directed toward the stage during the Pride + Resilience: LGBTQ+ Young People in Online Spaces panel at SXSWEDU.

From left to right, Dr. Terika McCall, Dr. Katie Edwards, Jayla Stokesberry, and Dr. Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes sit on stage during the Pride + Resilience: LGBTQ+ Young People in Online Spaces panel at SXSWEDU, engaged in conversation about research and the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people in online spaces.

At #SXSWEDU 2026, we hosted a panel called Pride + Resilience: LGBTQ+ Young People in Online Spaces, grounded in research and shaped by 1,200+ LGBTQ+ young people. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧑‍💻

Explore our report with Hopelab on LGBTQ+ young people in online spaces: hopelab.org/stories/with...

From #democraticlearning to #microschool concepts, #sxswedu was truly inspiring this year #studentvoice #playbasedlearning

✨Takeaways from the #SXSWEDU paneI…I talked about how Black LGBTQ+ youth interact online. How they provide support. How they receive support. The positive benefits, as well as what support is missing from online communities. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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

@sxswedu.com 2026 was a resounding success for JGCC! We loved the energy that filled rooms with like-minded folks at the “Co-Designing Edtech with Kids” and “Level Up! Role-Playing Games for Wellbeing in the Classroom” sessions.
Thanks to all of the participants and #SXSWEdu!

Hot take: the best conferences aren't the ones with the biggest stages.
They're the ones that make it easy for two people to sit down and actually talk.
#SXSWedu gets the content right.
#SXSWedu2026 #EdTech

Good conferences give you information.
Great conferences change how you see your work.
#SXSWedu is a great conference. 🙌
#EdTech #AIinEducation #SXSWedu2026

The students are the heart of it all ❤️

Aneesh Sohoni at #SXSWEDU

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

Code Switch: Defending Black EdTech amid AI Crackdowns SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | As AI takes center stage and political resistance to equity accelerates, Black-centered EdTech stands at a crossroads. This panel spotlights philanthropic, nonprofit, product, and platform leaders working to protect the cultural, pedagogical, and digital infrastructure of Black EdTech. One year into new AI regulations and increasing DEI rollbacks, we’ll explore how to build for resilience – embedding protections into platforms, pedagogy, and policy. What does it take not just to survive, but ...

4 Black women leaders in #EdTech laid out what's really at stake as AI scales in schools and DEI funding dries up at #SXSWEDU. If Black technologists are not involved in shaping #AI in education from the start, schools risk scaling old harms through new tools.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/CN8Z50YtxIV

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.

https://ow.ly/meyL50Ytbvo

At #SXSWEDU 2026, Susan Reed (Space Telescope Science Institute) and Vanessa Smith (ServiceNow) shared how one of the world's most advanced scientific organizations overhauled its back-office operations on a tightening federal budget.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/2xsg50Ytb2x

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!

https://ow.ly/XxZ950Ys9WU

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.

https://ow.ly/uiIZ50Ys9WN

At #SXSWEDU 2026, leaders from DARPA, Carnegie Learning, the Bezos Family Foundation & Renaissance Philanthropy argued that education is ready for moonshot thinking & risk-taking.

Watch this session: https://ow.ly/CEf450Yt8If

Check out this #SXSW #SocialImpact guide: https://ow.ly/aasH50Yt8Ie

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

Growing Intelligence: Youth, AI, and the Future of Ag SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | AI is revolutionizing the world around us, from how we grow food and educate our children, to how we deliver care – and it’s happening fast. So how do we ensure the next generation is empowered to thrive in an unknown future? Since 2017, 4-H and Google have equipped nearly 1.5M youth with the skills to succeed in an AI-powered world. Join this session to explore why equitable access to AI education and support for youth-led innovation are essential to building prosperity and resilience across...

65% of workforce skills will shift by 2030. So who gets left behind?

"The right voices need to be at the table in the early stages." — Google(.)Org's Maab Ibrahim at #SXSWEdu

This isn't about coding. It's about who defines what AI is for.

https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2026/events/PP1162634

2 engineers-turned-entrepreneurs made the case at #SXSWEDU that raising more girls to build companies starts with raising more girls to believe they can.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/sR3H50Yt7JI

Check out our #SocialImpact guide for #SXSW: https://ow.ly/nKeJ50Yt7JH

Who’s Funding the Future—and Who’s Getting Left Out SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | While billions flow into tech, too little reaches the people building for equity, justice, and long-term public benefit. This session brings together leaders rethinking who gets to fund emerging tech and why—across both venture capital and philanthropy. We'll explore how to back founders closest to the problems, build alternatives to extractive tech, and redirect capital toward innovation that actually serves communities. It's time to expand who defines innovation—and who profits from it.

When capital concentrates, so does influence over what gets built, who benefits, and which problems are worth solving. #SXSWEDU 2026 conversation about #VC, #philanthropy, and equitable #innovation with NAACP Capital, SomosVC, Kapor Foundation, Omidyar Network
Learn more: https://ow.ly/YMKQ50Yt70O

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.

https://ow.ly/3fqv50Ys9Wg

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.

https://ow.ly/2TgL50Ys9VQ

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