Robots, role models, rap, and more all stood out at the 2017 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival. Pius highlights products, programs, and ideas at SXSW that might especially interest engineering educators. Mentioned in this episode: • SXSW Edu: http://sxswedu.com/ • WE: https://www.we.org/ • AP WE (CS + service learning): https://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/initiatives/ap-we-service • CS4All NYC: https://csnyc.org/our-work/cs4all • Kahoot: https://getkahoot.com/ • GLICODE and Pocky: http://cp.glico.jp/glicode/en/ • Puzzlets from Digital Dreamlabs: https://www.digitaldreamlabs.com/ • PolyBot hydroponic system by Poly: http://mypolybot.com/ • Trashbots: https://www.trashbots.org/ • Kuri robot: https://www.heykuri.com/ • Open Source Skateboards: http://www.opensourceboards.com/ • Panoform VR creation tools: http://www.panoform.com/ • Science with Tom: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomcfad • Omnipointment platform for group projects: https://www.omnipointment.com/ • Project Paradigm: http://www.projectparadigm.org/ • Explo: https://www.explo.org/ • MIT Independent Activities Period: http://web.mit.edu/iap/ • No Boundaries USA: http://www.nobarriersusa.org/ • Expanding Yor Horizons symposium for girls, supported by No Barriers: http://nocoeyh.wix.com/home • ChickTech: https://chicktech.org/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Check out the book and ebook “Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games” by Pius Wong, on Amazon, Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, and other retailers: http://www.pioslabs.com/improv4design.html