This manual provides detailed instructions for using the different tools and procedures of the microcomputer painting medium developed at the University of Illinois, which enables the user to make pictures on a color TV screen. The user is in immediate and direct control of the picture-making at all times, through his use of two "paddles," buttons…

Art works created with conventional materials reflect the hand of the artist. Artists with physical disabilities such as muscular spasms, weakness, or limitations of mobility impedes efforts to produce works of art. An experimental program uses computers to introduce art curricula into two British schools: (1) Thurlow Park (a school for children…

A module is presented to facilitate integrating computers and art into the gifted/talented curriculum. Based on the Enrichment Triad model, specific activities are suggested, such as creating interest development centers, increasing awareness of computer imagery in daily life, exploring art software programs, and performing in-depth investigation…

With the development of the Internet technology and proliferation of the network application, visual materials have been digitized and archived on many publicly accessible computer servers. However, these visual resources can be beneficial to educators only when they know what they are, what they look like, in what format they are created, and how…

"The articles in this issue were selected because, in one way or another, they all touched on the notion of tradition and innovation." Storytelling and tribal dances are examples of past, traditional methods of passing cultural knowledge from elders to youth. Contemporary youth have replaced tradtional rites of passage with their own…