Details a cooperative program that has allowed gifted and talented students in grades four to six from two rural public elementary schools in Connecticut to use computers. Notes that the joint effort between public and private agencies provides special instruction at minimal cost. (MP)

A computer curriculum including literacy and programing skills is viewed as an example of a program which can easily provide both acceleration of the rate of learning and enrichment through development of higher-level thinking skills. A program used with fifth through eighth grade children in Tempe, Arizona is described. (MP)

Describes computer curriculum designed for gifted middle school students that culminates in the eighth grade by having students prepare programs for elementary school students. Students either write their own programs or adapt public domain software, based on questionnaire responses from elementary school teachers indicating their needs. (LRW)