Discusses use of computers in writing poetry, indicating that color graphics can free the poet from mundane mechanics and allow new possibilities of form in the writing of verse. Also discusses "The Electric Poet," a computer program which allows any author, teacher, or student to easily create animated color poems. (JN)

A summer program for gifted and talented students combined students' interests in writing and computers, as students worked together to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book, using computer word processing, graphics, and publishing programs to produce the book. (JDD)

Created by children in grades 5-8 who were enrolled in a year-long Hupa language class, this computer-generated, bilingual book contains descriptions and illustrations of local animals, birds, and fish. The introduction explains that students worked on a Macintosh computer able to print the Unifon alphabet used in writing the Hupa language.…