A history teacher uses a computer game to interest students in World War II. A former TV reporter creates a new journalism curriculum that turns high school kids into real on-air broadcasters. An administrator and a technology coordinator team up to bring their campuses in contact with others around the world. A project director devises a vocational IT training program for high schoolers. An ESL teacher boosts English literacy by getting free computers and DSL service into the homes of immigrant students. All these educators are difference makers, and in the past year they have demonstrated the power of educational technology to transform teaching and learning. For their achievements, they are among a select group, chosen by a panel from roughly 200 nominees, as "T.H.E. Journal's" 2006 Innovators. This article relates the accomplishments of these select nominees: (1) David McDivitt, Oak Hill High School (Indiana); (2) Grace Poli, Jose Marti Middle School (New Jersey); (3) Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Indiana); (4) Terry Wynn, Elkhart Unified School District 218 (Kansas); (5) Jana Hambruch, Dunbar High School (Florida); (6) Dru Urquhart, Spruce Creek High School (Florida); (7) Jim Culbert, Duval County Public Schools (Florida); (8) Randy Clarkson, Prairiland Independent School District (Texas); (9) Arlene Anderson, Saugus Union School District (California); (10) Caroline Faure, Highland High School (Idaho); (11) Wilfredo T. Laboy, Lawrence Public Schools (Massachusetts); (12) Larry Ferlazzo, Luther Burbank High School (California); and (13) Craig Paulson and Jason Kopp, Cambridge-Isanti High School (Minnesota).