Sandy RobinsonI make people want to learn again.
I design AI-literacy frameworks, build learning platforms, and make apps that help people think with AI instead of handing their thinking to it. From Prep to vocational training.
Built, shipped, and used every day.
Excellence Awardee for Best Use of Technology, 2026 Australian Education Awards.
Things I've built.
Split by where I built them: inside schools and an RTO, the products I ship through Big Wella, and what I am co-founding now.
Inside schools & an RTO
- AI integration & accredited coursesAllens Training, RTO 90909. 15+ nationally accredited and non-accredited courses.
- Digital Research Hub AwardA whole-school learning platform. 2000+ daily users, K to 12.
- AI Literacy Workshop Programme MeasuredIn-class sessions. Student prompt quality rose 40%.
- RePrompted In testingAn unplugged classroom card game about prompting.
Products I build & ship · Big Wella
- WellaCite LiveA citation generator for Australian students, Year 7 up.
- Well Read LiveReading discovery for school libraries.
- Authentical BetaHelps teachers design assessments AI can't do for students.
- Animal Adventure LiveAn ad-free web-app game for young children.
- Source Sleuth In developmentA digital literacy platform built around case investigations.
- Academic Research Toolkit In developmentResearch skills with AI literacy built into every stage.
- BLACKOUT In developmentA short narrative game about academic integrity.
- Starlit Watercolour In developmentAn iPad app teaching colour through real astrophysics.
- Reveal In developmentAn iOS app where children explore the natural world.
Co-founded & personal
- Wovyn In developmentCo-founder. A planning app for teachers.
- Inflamed.community PersonalAnkylosing spondylitis research, openly. A free catalogue and an anonymous patient registry.
Thinking routines I designed.
Two frameworks for teaching people to keep thinking while they use AI. Both are in use in classrooms and open on GitHub.
VERIFY
A six-step routine students run before, during and after using AI. It aligns with the Australian Framework for Generative AI in Schools.
Reality Audit
A companion to VERIFY that breaks the sycophancy loop. Where VERIFY checks the AI's answer, Reality Audit looks at the interaction itself.
Notes on AI and learning.
Permission to Learn
What a year of classroom observation showed about how a teacher's attitude to AI shapes the way students use it.
Read on MediumVERIFY: Teaching Students to Think With AI
The first full write-up of the VERIFY framework.
Read on LinkedInDon't Start With the Chatbot
Why AI education should start with thinking and play, not with a chatbot.
Read on LinkedInOn stages and podcasts.
"AI as a Learner's Apprentice: Building a Culture of Inquiry," ISQ Teaching & Learning Showcase. I speak on AI literacy, task design and keeping judgement with the student.
From the school library, to building the tools.
Most of what I build started in a school library. I am now Digital Solutions Coordinator at Allens Training, I run Big Wella, I have co-founded Wovyn, and I am an MSc candidate in Artificial Intelligence.
Books & songs, beyond the screen.
I also write and publish: a children's picture book, a book on houseplants and happiness, and short songs for younger learners.
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Running a school, booking a speaker, or just curious?
Open to school & speaking enquiries.
I work with schools and training providers on AI-literacy programs, frameworks and staff PD, and I speak at conferences and on podcasts.
Tell me a bit about what you need and I'll reply within a couple of days.
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