Our students have an opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technology tools thanks to a Technology Literacy Challenge Fund grant two years ago which created the Island Children Authoring Network (or iCAN for short). This grant formed a collaboration among 3 elementary school classrooms: Hualalai Academy 4th Grade teacher, Patricia Rickey Kahakai's Elementary Technology Coordinator and Gifted and Talented Teacher, Barbara Woerner Kealakehe Elementary Gifted and Talented teacher, Cynthia Cieskowski Project iCAN established computer publishing centers at the three consortium schools. Students were empowered to become authors of innovative, interactive electronic books using HyperStudio. HyperStudio is a software program used to develop a series of cards to produce a stack (or book). HyperStudio allows authors to be creative with the multimedia tools and presents problems that require critical thinking and problem solving. Students developed art, writing, communication, and design talents. Students learned to work in teams and mentor each other to develop their multimedia skills. This year if schedules permit, students will continue to collaborate with Kealakehe Elementary students by taking field trips to their computer lab.