In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Ally Eddy, Director of ICT at Our Lady of Mercy College shares his perspective on ethical use of AI, 24/7 monitoring and just-in-time reporting for student safety.

Philip Callil, Director of IT and Digital Learning at Yarra Valley Grammar works each day not only to implement innovative technology solutions, but to ensure that both staff and students are using them appropriately. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Philip discusses the role that IT plays when dealing with student online safety, the use of AI for learning, and establishing Yarra Valley Grammar's duty of care.

As Deputy Principal at St. Rita's College, Catherine Allen oversees the mental health, student online safety, and wellbeing efforts at St Rita's. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Catherine shares the expectations she has for her staff then it comes to student online activity and technology use as well responding to online safety incidents in her school.

Rozika Pratap, Cyber Awareness and Education Lead from the Department for Education, South Australia has extensive experience working with K-12 schools to keep students safe whilst online. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Rozika discusses the biggest mental health challenges students face today, the impacts that adverse online behaviours have on children, plus the policies put in place to respond to these incidents.

As the wellbeing coordinator at Encounter Lutheran College, Thomas Ling works closely with K-12 students each day to promote positive behaviour and mental health practices. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, he shares some of his insights into student safety responses, the importance of getting parents involved in safe laptop usage, plus some inspiring advice for students today.

Whether you like it or not, AI is well and truly making its way into everyday life. With AI no longer solely the domain of tech professionals, everyday people are using AI to write emails, create lesson plans and even generate recipes based on what’s left in the fridge.

You might have chatted with Saasy, our famous support bee, but have you ever wondered where the Saasyan bee came from? Saasyan’s logo was strategically crafted and extensively deliberated before landing on a symbol that represents our mission and values.

Whether they’re gaming, socialising, learning or shopping, there is no denying that technology plays a huge role in the lives of children and teenagers. While many of us can remember a time where not everyone had a mobile phone and social media wasn’t around, kids today would find the concept of not being constantly connected hard to fathom.

Saasyan has officially launched Image Object Detection AI, a new AI model embedded within Assure that identifies and alerts when weapons are found in images across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.

New Assure Features - July 2023 Introducing the latest version of Assure, and our biggest release so far this year. New AI models targeting threats of violence, extremism and radicalisation, simplified URL reporting, and image analysis across student chat and email. Read on to see the highlights of Assure v.5.16

We sat down with two IT directors who have recently made the switch to Saasyan Assure to learn about their experience and insights they may have for others considering a similar move.

Saasyan brings home the Industry Innovation award for Education at the AWS Australia and New Zealand Partner Summit 2023 for our AI-powered online student safety solution, Assure.