This course focuses on those technologies showing the greatest promise in transforming the learning opportunities and successes of learners - including hardware, software, as well as open source resources that can be used to develop challenging and engaging units of instruction (such as census data, labor statistics, national archives, and legislative records). Learners will also explore ways to evaluate emerging technologies in terms of their effectiveness in improving learners understanding of enduring questions and in providing alternative ways of learning for learners with special needs.