This document presents an overview of the latest developments and trends in technology, along with current uses they are being put to for educational purposes, and the ways in which these can best serve education in this country and abroad. In doing so it explores the benefits of technology not just for bilingual learners, but also for teacher education, administrative planning and oversight, and parent involvement in the scholastic life of bilingual students. Issues covered include the following: equity of access; educational software; voice recognition technology; inexpensive devices for Internet access; the wireless Internet and Web; hand-held digital devices; e-books; scanners; educational Web portals; machine translation; pop-up translation, video, and audio; and the new technology billionaire-funded philanthropy. It is concluded that there is a lot of potential in these new technologies for language learning and teaching. Numerous links to a variety of useful Web sites appear throughout the text. (KFT)