• we have progressed from hand-written research reports to reports that are not only done with computer wordprocessing but are also researched with a variety of methods, including internet and cd-rom, as well as traditional in-library resources.
• we have progressed from low-memory LCII Macintosh computers to PowerMacs and iMacs with multimedia capabilities.
• we have progressed from analog cameras to include digital video and still cameras.
• we have progressed from analog videos roughly edited in the camera, to analog videos edited with a VHS editing processor, to converting analog videos to digital with Avid Cinema, to digital videos edited with iMovie.
• we have introduced students to computer graphics, animation, website production, and CD-ROM production.
• we have provided fieldtrips for exemplary students to let them observe new technologies in action. These included the Boston University Graduate School of Communication and the Channel 7 TV studio in Boston.

Our wish list would have to include the possibility that the 7th grades could be upgraded to iMacs and digital cameras as well.