Free Seminar
AI Safety For Schools: What Teachers & Parents Need To Know
Practical, plain-language guidance for teachers and parents supporting young people in a world where anything can be fabricated.
AI has made it incredibly easy to create convincing images, videos, and voice recordings. For schools and families, this shifts the digital environment young people move through - creating new challenges around identity, safety, and trust.
This free seminar helps adults understand what’s changing, what emerging risks look like, and how to support young people with calm, informed guidance. It is part of Binary Refinery’s Safety & Social Impact initiative.
What the Seminar Covers
1. What AI Can Create Now
A simple, accessible overview of how synthetic images, videos, voices, and messages are made - and why they can be hard to distinguish from reality.
2. The Emerging Digital Challenges in School Communities
How AI-driven content is showing up among young people, including impersonation, misinformation, and altered or fabricated material shared within peer groups.
3. Helping Young People Build Digital Preparedness
Simple ways teachers and parents can encourage critical thinking, safer decision-making, and healthy online habits before an issue arises.
4. How to Respond When Something Doesn’t Look or Feel Right
Practical, steady steps adults can take when uncertain content appears - and how to support young people to raise concerns early.
5. A Positive Look Forward
A brief look at global efforts to strengthen AI safety, digital wellbeing, and online protections for young people.
Who This Seminar Is For
Teachers and school staff
School leadership and boards
Parents and caregivers
PTA and whānau groups
(This seminar is designed for adults, not students.)
Session Format
Duration: 60 minutes (flexible)
Delivery: In person (Canterbury) or online across NZ
Cost: Free
Tone: Calm, practical, clear, and grounded in real-world use of technology
What Participants Will Take Away
A clearer understanding of how AI-generated content is created.
Awareness of how these tools are being used to cause harm.
Practical, plain-language steps to take when something could be fabricated.
Ways to support young people to raise concerns early.
Clear escalation pathways and who can help.
The focus is on giving adults realistic tools and confidence - not on trying to identify deepfakes by sight alone.
Why We Offer This Seminar
Binary Refinery believes technology should strengthen trust and wellbeing. Schools and families deserve accessible, plain-language support as they navigate a rapidly changing digital environment. This session focuses on technology literacy and practical harm reduction, so adults feel better equipped to support young people when digital challenges arise.
Book A Session
If your school, PTA, or parent group would like to host a seminar, we’d love to help.
The content can be tailored to suit your community.