AI & digital literacy, built in a school

Big Wella builds playful, rigorous tools, courses and apps that teach students to think with AI, designed backwards from the student and tested in real Australian classrooms.

“The kids really loved it.”Head of Science, AI Literacy Workshop
The gap

AI moved fast. Most classrooms are still catching up.

Schools are writing policies for tools students moved past six months ago. Students use systems that shape how they think, and few have been shown how to question them. We don't start with the policy. We start with the moment a student hits a wall, and build the thing that helps.

What we build

Tools students actually want to open.

01 / Live
Live now

WellaCite

A citation generator for students from Year 7 up that explains the rule behind every reference in plain language, so they learn the why, not just the how.

  • APA 7, Harvard (Aus) & MLA 9
  • Smart import by ISBN, DOI or URL
  • No account needed
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WellaCite
02 / Live
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Well Read

Reading discovery for school libraries. Students find books that match how they want to feel; librarians see exactly what their collection is doing.

  • Mood & tone-based discovery
  • Library hub for staff
  • Prep to Year 12
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Well Read
03 / Beta
In beta

Authentical

Paste an assignment brief and, in about 30 seconds, get an AI-resistance score, concrete redesign moves and a process-evidence rubric. Pedagogy, not policing.

  • Plain-English AI-resistance score
  • Tailored redesign moves
  • Reads task sheets only, never student work
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Authentical
04 / Live
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Big Wella Animal Adventure

A bright, friendly web game for little ones aged 4 to 7. Built ad-free and to strict child-safety standards. No tracking, no in-app purchases, just play.

  • Plays straight in the browser
  • Ad-free and child-safe
  • Best on a tablet or computer
Play now →
Big Wella Animal Adventure gameplay: a wetland scene with a diver, frog, crocodile and otter
05 / In development
Coming soon

The ecosystem is growing

More tools, each built from a real classroom moment.

  • RevealiOS nature explorer for ages 4–8
  • BLACKOUTA story-game on integrity, ages 11–16
  • Source SleuthEvidence investigations
  • Starlit WatercolourColour through real astrophysics, ages 6–10
Talk to us about early access →
In development

Built in a library. Proven in real classrooms.

30+
Courses & modules built and deployed
40%
Lift in student prompt quality, measured from real usage
K–12
From picture books in Prep to Year 12 research
It was awesome, the kids really loved it. They were really engaged in writing better prompts. A huge success.
Head of Science · AI Literacy Workshop
LOVE LOVE LOVE. The specific examples to their subject, and that it helps them everywhere, not just one subject.
Science Teacher · Curriculum Integration
Courses

Short, honest courses that name what's changing.

Live · Module 1 of 8

The Hidden Cost of the Cloud

Years 7–8Years 11–12

AI depends on data centres, water, energy, rare earth metals, and the labour of people most students will never meet. This course gives students the language and evidence to understand what the digital world really costs.

Every figure is sourced: the IEA, the UN Global E-Waste Monitor, Nature, and the CEFC.

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Workshops, PD and tools, scoped to your classrooms. Every engagement starts with a friendly 30-minute conversation.

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