Highlights of SXSW Edu 2019

If you missed the 2019 edition of the South by Southwest Education (SXSW Edu) conference in Austin, Texas, we rehash some highlights that you may have missed. We talk about empathy, accessibility, and a few new tech tools available to educators discovered at the conference. Related to this episode: • SXSW Edu: https://sxswedu.com • UT McCombs School of Business: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/ • Yes, And game, as described by Mary Elisabeth: https://medium.com/improv4/saying-yes-and-a-principle-for-improv-business-life-fd050bccf7e3 • Build a Better Book project at CU Boulder: https://www.colorado.edu/project/bbb/ • Empathic lead user analysis, as described in a study: http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1604193 • Keynote of Patrick Awuah of Ashesi Univesrity at SXSW EDU 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DejcJynozg • Humble ISD PBL curriculum related to Hurricane Harvey: https://www.humbleisd.net/Page/108658 • MindCet, Israeli firm for voice technology in education: http://www.mindcet.org/en/ • Dyscalculia simulator from Understood.edu: https://www.understood.org/en/tools/through-your-childs-eyes • Google Slides automatic live captioning: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/9109474?hl=en • Video of Google live captioning from the Pios Labs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BupUR7ElQPk/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet • Video of the VR Merge tool showing a model of the solar system: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bum3ekGF0MT/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet • Unity3D platform for authoring digital games and environments: https://unity.com/ • Cult of Pedagogy blog: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/ • Jennifer Gonzalez keynote, “The Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s_NkSEWJZg Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs, or send one-time contributions by buying us coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pioslabs. Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.