The South by Southwest Festival is celebrating it’s twenty-fifth year (for music, and eighteenth year for interactive and film) by introducing SXSWedu – An education conference that will focus on educational technology and connecting with other educators in Austin, TX.

Much of the fun behind the SXSW festival is the Tweetups (meetups with Twitter friends) and the events that happen after the sessions end. SXSWedu will be no exception!

We are happy to announce that on Wednesday March 9th at Gabriel’s Café (located off the hotel side lower lobby) Collaborize Classroom will be hosting the first SXSWedu Tweetup!

Please join myself and many others that who share a passion for bringing educational technology into the classroom after the last SXSWEdu session of the day at 5:15pm at Gabriel’s Cafe in the hotel lobby for drinks, appetizers and networking. It will be a free event, but you will have to purchase your own drinks/food. Don’t worry – We are planning a special education-related giveaway!

For more information on the Tweetup and to RSVP, please visit the #SXSWedu Tweetup page on Eventbright and to join one of the many 2011 SXSWedu Sessions, please take a look at the schedule: http://sxswedu.com/content/2011_schedule

If you cannot make it over to Austin, or want more information, please follow along with @Collaborize and the tweet stream #SXSWedu!