Introduction Every principal who has sat through a vendor demonstration promising that one platform will solve everything, and every university administrator who has approved an AI policy that was outdated before it was signed, knows the same truth: education technology is not a problem of access to tools. It is a problem of access to clear thinking. The Australian EdTech market reached approximately USD 4.2 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 7.7 billion by 2034,