Plus numerous smaller education technology research and development projects that have significantly enhanced online education.

Our partner organizations include Discovery Educator Network, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), NASA Learning Technologies, Wild Sanctuary, AngelAID, Alliance Library System and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. This means that Squirrelverse has both superb project management experience AND world-respected professional contacts for you to draw upon!

We encourage you to visit the Squirrelverse-managed educational islands 'EduIsland II' and 'EduIsland 5' to see that our excellence more than matches up to expectations created by our words on this website!

Below is a listing of the educational centers hosted on Squirrelverse's 'EduIsland II' in Second Life.

> Blaze 'n Sean's Magical Infohub.
This is EduIsland II's information center for all newcomers to Second Life. It has lots of events coming and also offers magic-related content such as magical brooms and other items including clothes for sale.

SLolar Central
A facility run by Kevin Jarret and Nancy Sharoff, providing free temporary residences for K-20 educators exploring Second Life.

InfoGroup
InfoGroup is a center of the Abo Akademi University in Finland that provides educational programming in the Finnish and Swedish languages.

Literature Alive! and the Womens Studies Classroom
Operated by Desideria Stockton, the Literature Alive! project seeks to provide quality content to SL residents by focusing on the creation, development, and dissemination of literary resources in Second Life. Furthermore, the program seeks to help new RL college faculty use the resources within SL to teach effectively and ethically.

The main home of Literature Alive! is located at the Literature Alive! HQ on Lukekini Island. This complex includes the Garden Classroom for Faculty Development, the Composition Classroom, the Information Station, the Non-Profit Showcase Gallery, and, coming soon, the Technical Writing Lab and the SLOWL (SL Online Writing Lab). The HQ provides tools, examples, displays, and resources for free. There is also a gift shop where items can be purchased from their inital vendors. Literature Alive! is non-profit and does not receive income from the sales of these tools. The group operates a multi-building complex on EduIsland II that includes The American Literature Classroom, The Women's Studies Classroom, The Women's Literature Classroom, the Bradley Science Center, and the Connection Corner (links out to other educational spaces). There is also a low cost educational tools store, The School Store, for all of your educational needs! Please IM Desideria Stockton for tours or more information.

The Project Theater: Showing Multimedia Works
This is a forum for teachers around the world to share best practices for using multimedia in the classroom to engage students and enhance learning. For more information, IM Knowclue Kidd.

Occupational Therapy Center.
The OTC, operated by 'The OT Connection at Jefferson' from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, USA, provides "skills for the job of living" and includes helping people of all ages do what is most important to them - their "occupations"--the things that occupy their time and which have meaning to them in their everyday lives

Carl F. Spackler Hall
This is a residence hall of sorts for several members of The Center for Advanced Virtual Education. Keep an eye out for more from The C.A.V.E., a complex of several buildings here on EduIsland II designed to facilitate conversation, networking, and community within Second Life.

Discovery Educator Network
DEN is the Discovery Channel's online service supporting teachers and schools.

Math Playground
MP has online math games for elementary and middle school students.

Wild Sanctuary.
Wild Sanctuary is home to the largest private archive of natural sound anywhere, with over 3,500 hours of natural soundscapes and nearly 15,000 species.

Teacher Networking Center
The Teacher Networking Center is a place for educators to meet, share, collaborate and work together. Meetings will be scheduled where educators of subject area and grade levels can get together in order to discuss real life issues in education. Topics will include classroom management issues, lesson plans, web sites to use in RL instruction and RL educational issues, as well as SL education. Please join the Teacher Networking Center! Contact Pia Klaar or Tek Zeno.

VITA-Learn
VITA-Learn (Vermont Information Technology Association for the Advancement of Learning) is a non-profit, charitable corporation whose mission is to promote and support the use of Information Technology to transform Vermont education through the provision of professional development, training and networking opportunities. Its goals are to: 1. provide professional development opportunities in information technology to Vermont educators; 2. engage Vermont educators in the discussion and interchange of ideas pertaining to the use of information technology at all levels and in all subject areas; 3. encourage cooperative study of the challenges of using information technology in education; 4. provide a forum for discussion and the development of local and state policies regarding the use of information technology in education; 5. foster partnerships; and 6. provide support to Vermont educators through financial resources, publications and other activities that encourage and strengthen regional support groups and organizations.

Bit By Bit
Bit By Bit is a provider of podcasts made by educators, for educators. It is also a meeting place for educators from the Wells Elementary School in Wells, ME.