EDC's Center for Children and Technology

EDC's Center for Children and Technology (CCT) is a non-profit research and development organization that has been investigating the roles that technology can play in improving the circumstances of teaching and learning. Building on a strong foundation of research around gender and technology, the Center for Children and Technology brings to the project extensive knowledge about design-based learning activities that are engaging for girls. In addition, CCT's prior research and development work has led to the development of successful strategies for supporting human collaboration and interaction on-line among young women and engineers. The conceptual design of all activities and spaces within Imagination Place! build upon CCT's strategies, resources, materials, and expertise that have grown out of our work on girls, design and on-line communities. To learn more about CCT, visit their website: http://www2.edc.org/CCT/cctweb

Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) -Makers of KAHooTZ

The Australian Children's Television Foundation is a non profit organization that has created KaHootZ, a members only online space for kids that contains powerful animation and graphic tools that can be shared online with peers. KAHooTZ is a unique online service for children that supports animation, drawing, and online discussion in an integrated environment. While competing products do exist in the United States that offer some of the functionalities of KAHooTZ, none provide all of the capabilities supported by KAHooTZ in an integrated online environment, serving as an ideal home for Imagination Place content. For more information abotu KAHooTZ, visit their website: http://www.kahootz.com.au

Libraries for the Future

Libraries for the Future (LFF) is a national non-profit organization coordinating the work of library leaders, educators, community-based and social service agencies to address emerging educational, cultural, and information needs of disadvantaged and under-served communities. LFF will play a key role in helping to make Imagination Place! accessible to children who would otherwise have limited access to the web. For more information about libraries that are part of the LFF network, visit their website at: http://www.lff.org

Imagination Place! Club Sites