Simon Robinson

ICTeD Services Apple's iBooks2 and iBooks Author - - Simon Robinson

Sigil is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format. - Simon Robinson

More and more schools are jumping on the digital bandwagon and adopting iPads for daily use in the classroom. Apple’s education-related announcements yesterday will no doubt bolster the trend, making faculty tools and student textbooks more engaging and accessible. - Simon Robinson

This free barcode font can be used to generate medium-size Code 39 barcodes in TrueType or OpenType format, which can encode uppercase letters, numbers and some special symbols. This is a fully-functional freeware font, not a demo or evaluation. - Simon Robinson

This page is packed with science information for the classroom or home.  We have information on great science projects, classroom ideas & product information & instructions. - Simon Robinson

Slides, notes and video from Dean's lectures Melbourne University Graduate School of Education - Simon Robinson

mobilEcho is the industry’s first and only Mobile File Management (MFM) software for enterprise iPad and iPhone users. mobilEcho enables enterprise IT to provide secure access to enterprise file servers for mobile device users, eliminating the need for work-arounds like emailing files to yourself or storing critical enterprise files in unsecure third-party cloud providers. - Simon Robinson

Beyond Textbooks is a pilot program designed to explore the technical, social and policy implications of textbook alternatives. This project identifies cost-effective models that blend the vetted, standards-based content and convenience of traditional textbooks with the engaging, dynamic, up-to-date content and resources afforded by the Web. - Simon Robinson

Weight is the force exerted on you by a bathroom scale. Your weight increases when you are in an elevator which is accelerated upward; you weigh less than your normal weight when the elevator is accelerating downward, and your weight is zero when the elevator is in free fall. When you hang from a rope, your weight is indicated by the tension in the rope. - Simon Robinson

Social media use has become so pervasive in the lives of American teens that having a presence on a social network site is almost synonymous with being online. Fully 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are now online and 80% of those online teens are users of social media sites. Many log on daily to their social network pages and these have become spaces where much of the social activity of teen life is echoed and amplified—in both good and bad ways. - Simon Robinson

The Digital Education Research Network (DERN) is a network of researchers, scholars, leaders, experts, educators and colleagues interested in research about education and the use of digital technologies to improve teaching, learning and leadership. DERN reviews educational research and provides links to research about schools, training and higher education using digital technologies or Digital Media and Learning (DMAL), as coined by Professor Chris Dede at Harvard University. Each week a new research review is posted on DERN. Registered users can click on the many DMAL topics in the tag-cloud. - Simon Robinson

Now that the school year is underway, we put together a quick 15–20 minute activity, designed to get students comfortable with using wikis. All you need is this PDF handout, a wiki of your own, and a few minutes of preparation: - Simon Robinson

If you have watched enough movies, your next move is a no brainer….run at the door shoulder first, right? Wrong. This technique may be uber-manly, but it will probably dislocate your shoulder. It is better to employ a more forceful and well placed kick. - Simon Robinson

Artists love the Pogo Sketch Pro. It combines a natural, ergonomic grip, the very best in tip technology, and a balanced unibody aluminum handle. - Simon Robinson

Touch screens have simplified technology, but there has yet to be a way to capture the precision of a calligrapher or the stroke of an artist. Not only should it meet your needs, but a stylus should have style. - Simon Robinson

Imagine a totally unique program. A program that gives you the opportunity to play with physics - using your own hands. Apply a constructionists learning paradigm, learning by doing. Use simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore with. Sounds like an interesting idea? We believe Algodoo is that program. - Simon Robinson

Convenient EPUB Reader for Mac - Simon Robinson

Themeefy is a cool new way to discover, curate, compile and publish knowledge from the web to create your personal Theme magazine. - Simon Robinson

Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves. - Simon Robinson

The Biodiversity Snapshots project was developed by Museum Victoria to assist students and teachers to field trip and report on their local fauna. It is intended that a broad range of environments in south-eastern Australia will be surveyed, including urban, bushland and coastal areas. - Simon Robinson

Dream Cheeky Ltd was established in 2008, but we've been supplying customers with the gadgets they need to harass coworkers since 2005. Our mission is to constantly introduce highly inventive and contemporary products that creatively utilize the interaction between computer software and firmware driven devices and have high play value and depth. - Simon Robinson

PhoneGap is an HTML5 app platform that allows you to author native applications with web technologies and get access to APIs and app stores. PhoneGap leverages web technologies developers already know best... HTML and JavaScript. - Simon Robinson

iPads at Kolbe Catholic College in Western Australia - Simon Robinson

Use your voice to text, email and more while you drive. - Simon Robinson

What is Banana TV? Banana TV lets you use AirPlay (and now AirTunes!) for your Mac as well - play video or images from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS 4.2 or higher directly onto any networked Mac. It runs directly on your Mac, and is a great tool for showing off pictures or video on your Mac's monitor, at a friend's house, or the office. Even use your iOS device photo library as a presentation tool. - Simon Robinson

The purpose of this site is to inform and educate educators in the benefits of embracing this new wave of technology use within our schools. - Simon Robinson

Doceri™ is a revolutionary iPad software suite for classrooms, conference rooms, and auditoriums – any place where you give presentations, teach, or collaborate. - Simon Robinson

As MN users of the Apple iPad we thought that a common space for discussion and sharing would be appropriate. We hope to make this a valuable space by sharing apps and ideas for use of the iPad and how this can be applied to create meaningful and quality pedagogy. Please feel free to commence discussion or add items of interest to the wiki. - Simon Robinson