Ecolinc's first app, 'Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains Flora and Fauna Field Guide', featuring a flora and fauna field guide and mobile survey tool was released on Friday 21 June 2013, the date of Ecolinc's scheduled teacher professional learning day, highlighting this new online tool. The app is now available free from the App Store. This is one of several learning objects which will comprise Ecolinc's new online outreach program 'Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains'. The next learning object to be released is 'Quadrats Online', which will investigate both virtual and actual plant quadrats. The date for this professional learning activity is Friday 14 September 2013. Full details of all Ecolinc teacher professional learning activities for 2013 are now available under the Professional Learning Development (PLD) tab.