Today's Newsletter: Edtech Ideas Sprout in Austin

The annual month-long cool fest South by Southwest begins this week with a focus on education they tag SXSWedu. There wasn’t enough hardcore tech to justify a Tech&Learning presence this year but there will plenty of interesting news and insight coming out of Austin this week. Littlebits founder and CEO Ayah Bdeir will be making the case for maker spaces Tuesday morning during her keynote presentation. The SXSWedu Playground always offers up cool hand-on opportunities to see the latest in classroom robotics, 3D printing, and coding. And there are plenty of small sessions focused on subject like using Minecraft in school. We’ll be following along at #sxswedu —Kevin Hogan, Content Director

Kevin Hogan is a forward-thinking media executive with more than 25 years of experience building brands and audiences online, in print, and face-to-face. Kevin has been reporting on education technology for more than 20 years. Previously, he was Editor-at-Large at eSchool News and Managing Director of Content for Tech & Learning.