AI Literacy · Digital Literacy · Education
Knowledge moves now.
So should learning.
Hi, I'm Sandy. I work with schools and education organisations on the gap between AI as it's written about and AI as it actually shows up in a classroom. K-12 focus, with cross-sector experience.
The landscape
The pace of AI changed. Most responses didn't.
Schools are writing AI policies for tools students moved past six months ago. Teachers are navigating questions no training prepared them for. Students are using systems that shape how they think, and nobody has shown them how to see that clearly. I work in that gap.
Why are you here?
Three doors. Pick the one that fits.
You run a school
AI literacy programs, thinking frameworks, and learning platforms built and tested under real classroom conditions. Not a one-off workshop.
See the workYou're looking at EdTech
Four products under Big Wella Apps. One is live. Three are seeking investment. Built on what real classroom use has taught me works.
Visit bigwella.comYou book speakers
Conferences, libraries, podcasts. Topics include AI literacy in schools, ethics as daily practice, and what happens when one person inside a library starts building.
See the topicsWhy it works
The work. The method. The beliefs. The words.
Selected work
The Digital Research Hub
St Andrew's Anglican College. K–12, curriculum-mapped, embedded research and AI literacy. Excellence Awardee for Best Use of Technology at the 2026 Australian Education Awards.
Teaching AI to Ask
VERIFY
A six-step thinking routine for navigating AI in classroom work. Validate, Examine, Reflect, Investigate, Filter, then make your own judgement.
See the full frameworkBreaking the Sycophancy Loop
EPFL Protocol
Five stages for keeping your mind in the game when working with AI. Where VERIFY interrogates the output, EPFL interrogates the interaction.
See the full frameworkWellaCite
A citation tool built for Australian students. APA 7, Harvard, MLA 9. Free during build, with a freemium path planned. The first Big Wella Apps product to ship.
See the catalogue
Frameworks, platforms, products
Three places the work lives. Frameworks for thinking. Platforms that get used. Products built and tested under real classroom conditions, not policy theory.
AI Literacy Frameworks
VERIFY and EPFL. Two thinking routines I designed for students to question and reflect on AI. In active classroom use.
See the frameworksLearning Platforms
Designed and built a school-wide Digital Research Hub. 30+ original courses. Excellence Awardee at the 2026 Australian Education Awards.
Tour the platformBig Wella Apps
My company. Four products for Australian classrooms: WellaCite and Well Read are live; BLACKOUT and Starlit Watercolour are in development. Building since 2022.
Visit bigwella.comBackwards from the student. Always.
Not posters on a wall. How I decide what to build, what to drop, and what to say no to.
Misuse stems from disconnection, not deception.
The past provides comfort but not safety; retreat is avoidance.
Students await permission to think; educators model intellectual courage.
AI doesn't damage learning; poor design does.
Data should improve tools, not complicate them.
Children are still children; the context changed, they didn't.
From the room
Colleagues who have been in the workshops, used the platforms, and put the frameworks to work with their own students.
It was awesome, the kids really loved it. They were really engaged in writing better prompts. I think we can consider the presentation a huge success.
LOVE LOVE LOVE. I love the specific examples to their subject. Also that you're driving home that this is a skill that helps them everywhere, not just in that one subject.
I really appreciate the thought and experimentation you've put into the guide. It's clean, accessible, and walks users through the capabilities. I can absolutely see this becoming a valuable model for staff.
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Want to talk?
Conferences, podcasts, articles, or a conversation about AI in classrooms. Different topics, same email.