Speaking

Talks shaped to the room. Not slotted in from a deck.

Sandy Robinson presenting at the ISQ Teaching and Learning Showcase, slide projected behind her. — On stage

"AI as a Learner's Apprentice: Building a Culture of Inquiry." ISQ Teaching & Learning Showcase.

Sandy at an education conference between sessions, in a pink tutu and lanyard, speaking with attendees in a venue corridor. — Between sessions

The conversations between sessions matter as much as the talk itself. That's where the work continues.

Featured talk

AI as a Learner's Apprentice

Building a culture of inquiry inside a school using AI.

How a school can turn AI from a shortcut into an apprentice for student thinking. The frameworks, the classroom practice, and the design choices that put inquiry back at the centre of how students work with the tools.

Delivered at the Independent Schools Queensland Teaching & Learning Showcase.

Showcase session School audiences Adaptable to conferences

What I speak on

Pick the angle closest to your audience.

I'll write the talk around what you want them to leave with.

AI literacy in schools

How to teach students to think with AI rather than through it. Built around the VERIFY and EPFL frameworks.

AI ethics in education

Beyond the integrity panic. What ethical AI use looks like as a daily practice for students and teachers.

Research and digital literacy in the AI age

Teaching students to find, evaluate, and use information when generative AI sits between them and every source.

Building edtech from inside a school

The platform replacement story. What changes when the builder lives in the same hallway as the students.

Programme delivery

Some of the most useful work isn't a talk.

It's run from the front of a classroom or the corner of a hackathon room.

Workshop room with students at laptops during the Kids Vibe Coding Hackathon. — Kids Vibe Coding Hackathon

First global site of the Worldwide Kids Vibe Coding Hackathon, co-hosted by Peregian Digital Hub and St Andrew’s Anglican College. Nine students aged 9 to 13 built their own websites, apps, and games in four hours using AI-assisted creation tools.

Co-led with Larry Hay, in partnership with the Peregian Digital Hub.

Overhead view of two students working at a Hackathon table: an iPad, a hand-drawn idea poster, sticky notes, and a St Andrew's uniform. — Sketch becomes build

Students working from hand-drawn idea sheets into a working prototype on an iPad. Ideas, sketch, design, build, demo.

I would like to thank Sandra Robinson and Larry Hay for their leadership and for embracing opportunities to deepen their professional understanding of how these emerging tools can extend student learning across the College.

Brett Moller, Director of Knowledge Services & Head of Technologies, St Andrew's Anglican College · quoted in the College news.

About the Hackathon Read the College write-up

Formats

How I show up.

Pick a shape. Each is a different relationship with the room.

Keynotes

Conference main stage. 25 to 45 minutes. Built around a single argument the audience can carry out the door.

Workshops

Half or full day. Hands-on. Teachers leave with something they can use in class the next Monday.

Panels

Conference and event panels. Comfortable disagreeing in public when the question deserves it.

Podcasts

Guest appearances. I'm interested in the question, not the soundbite.

In-school workshops and staff PD sessions on AI literacy delivered regularly. Available on request.

Book a talk

Tell me about the room.

Your audience, the date, and the angle that fits best. I'll tailor the talk and send a short proposal.

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