03/08/2026
Fear around new technology is completely natural. Just over a week ago at Skillwest 2026 with the City of Cockburn, many parents, teachers, and students asked us the same honest questions:
๐ท๐ผโโ๏ธ Will these tools take our jobs?
๐ฆ Are they using up too much of our energy and water?
After 25 years working in educational technology, I know that fear usually comes from a lack of clear, practical information. This past weekend at the Community STEM and Drone Discovery Day at Murdoch University, the team at Western Australian AI Hub set out to turn those worries into useful, everyday understanding.
Special thanks to Antonio Yu , Sangay Khandu, Femina Francis, Lynne Hwang, Jacek Korneluk devis varghese, Adi Tedjasaputra and Huy Phan.
Using simple, interactive activities, we opened up clear conversations across generations about:
๐ฉท ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต: Giving parents and teachers a shared, easy-to-understand language. | ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ-๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐.๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ
๐ฉท ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐: Looking at the real-world electricity and water used to run digital systems. | ๐ฎ๐ถ๐
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๐ฉท ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: Identifying the practical skills young people need to work safely and confidently alongside smart tools.
Creating this kind of impact takes a whole community:
๐ค Aicode Australia & Anita Cheng for providing fantastic, inclusive programs that inspired learners regardless of their age or school year. We are proud to support their work.
๐ก It was great connecting with STEM champions like Hon Dr Parwinder Kaur MLC, representing WA Government who constantly pushes for equal access to science and technology across Western Australia.
๐ Our team member Adi Tedjasaputra showed kids hands-on activity on how flying robots and drones use AI to "see" and navigate obstacles in real time.
๐ฃ๏ธ Representing the hub, I joined a panel discussion alongside practical experts from Women in Technology, Western Australia (WITWA), Curtin University, Tan & Tan Lawyers to answer direct questions from the community.
๐ช Interactive Exhibition: The hall was packed with great practical displays from the Western Australia Police Force, Perth Observatory, UNAAWA, Curtin University and many others
Our mission at Western Australian AI Hub is to ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ. We focus on ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐-๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐.
If your school, district, or community group wants to host ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป-๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ for students and teachers, we want to hear from you.
๐ฉ Reach out to Western Australian AI Hub to book a session for your school or community