Foreign language and bilingual educators are in the unique position of being able to bring the world to their classrooms via the telecommunications technologies. Telecommunication is electronic communication over long distances by means of an online computer service, a telephone, a television, a satellite, or other long distance technologies. This digest discusses many of the resources available to foreign language educators, including De Orilla A Orilla, The Computer Writing Network, CompuServe, Minitel, The Global TELEclass Project (Telecommunication Enriches Language Experience), and the Satellite Communications for Learning (SCOLA). The advantages of using telecommunications in the foreign language classroom are highlighted. (VWL)