Episode Overview
In this episode of the Bridge Building Podcast: From Technology to the Trades, we sit down with Tracy Sheen, a digital innovator and author of AI and You: Reimagine Business. Tracy shares her incredible journey from tinkering with electronics as a child in rural Queensland to becoming a mentor for businesses navigating the AI revolution.
With AI transforming industries from hospitality to education, Tracy offers insights into how teachers can equip students with the skills needed for a workforce where roles are rapidly evolving. She challenges us to rethink traditional education, emphasizing adaptability, critical thinking, and responsible AI use to prepare students for a future where jobs may last just six months.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Tracy’s journey from a tech-savvy kid to a leader in digital innovation
- The impact of AI on industries and the workforce, with up to 50% of jobs at risk in the next decade
- Why penalizing students for using AI tools like ChatGPT misses the mark
- Practical strategies for teaching critical thinking and adaptability in the classroom
- Tracy’s vision for reimagining education to prepare students for an AI-driven world
Links and Resources:
- Visit Tracy Sheen’s website: aiandyou.com.au
- Follow Tracy Sheen on LinkedIn
- Purchase AI and You: Reimagine Business (available from June 16, 2025)
- Explore DATTA Queensland: dattaqld.org.au
Connect With Us:
Host: Stephen Anderson, podcast@dattaqld.org.au (mailto:podcast@dattaqld.org.au)
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About the Bridge Building Podcast
“This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do.”
So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the “Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades”
About the Podcast Host
Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.
Over To You
If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.
Contact me through my email osaerial@gmail.com
Music by:
Viola Pink
My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.