The Future is Not Neutral: Why Girls Must Shape the Age of AI

Featuring on IT Brief Australia, Strathcona Girls Grammar Principal Lorna Beegan explores the importance of girls shaping the future of AI. She highlights how the School’s new CORAL Lab is encouraging digital fluency and leadership in emerging technologies.

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“Our aim is that our students learn how to use AI responsibly and ethically, developing an understanding of both the potential and the limitations of technology. Teachers are supported through professional learning, shared guidelines, clear policies, and practical exemplars to integrate AI with confidence, streamlining planning, reimagining assessment, and strengthening feedback and differentiation, while keeping learning at the centre of every decision.

The CORAL Lab is a space designed for girls to experiment, question, fail forward, and lead. It connects curriculum learning with co-curricular opportunities and industry partnerships, ensuring that learning is applied rather than just abstract. More than a physical environment, it represents a new way of thinking about learning itself, grounded in the belief that education is empowerment, and that when girls are given the tools, confidence, and clear invitation to challenge and lead, they will shape what comes next.”

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