Describes an innovative still video system that records an image on a video disk which can then be made into a color print. Discusses how this system can be used in the classroom. (MS)

Presents photos featuring students from the Perkins School for the Blind (Massachusetts) reprinted from "School," a book by photographer Nicholas Nixon and psychiatrist Robert Coles. Coles says Nixon's focused, confined scenes paradoxically open viewers' minds to previously unimagined or unrecognized possibilities. Photos are accompanied…

Describes the use of Kodak's Photo CD for teaching, testing, and practicing basic concepts of photography and composition based on experiences at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. The use of practice disks is explained, learning outcomes and student attitudes are discussed, and a sidebar describes new software for use with Photo CDs. (LRW)

Describes new technology being developed by Eastman Kodak for storing 35mm color photos on compact disk (CD) and discusses its applications for desktop publishing. Benefits of photo CD and costs are examined, a proposed universal color standard that is an improved way to represent color digitally is explained, and software is discussed. (LRW)