For Josh: I have not been ignoring your comment, I just got busy and a little behind on work this week but I think I am getting back on track now. To fill the rest of you in: For our week two discussion topic, I made a statement about our responsibility as educators being to teach students to be wise consumers. Technology is great, but it can be expensive and maybe having the newest fastest gadget is not more important than paying the bills. So then Josh and I made some comments back and forth. I proposed that I could live without my cellphone, and dared Josh to convince me that cellphones are completely necessary (especially for adolescents). Josh then asked me if I use my phone to listen to podcasts. Well, the answer is no. Although I admit that I should. A couple years ago my college professors suggested that it would be a good way to practice my Spanish listening skills. I did look into podcasts back then, although it was a while ago. I remember that I was intimidated by the "subscribe" button. I wanted to download just one podcast to see if I liked it. I was afraid I would become forever subscribed to podcasts that I no longer cared to receive. Then at that time I was still using dial-up. It would have taken a day and a half to download one podcast. Yes, I live in a very rural area and even in NY, USA, there are still places without access to broadband or cable internet. I currently have sattelite internet, which is a small step up from dial-up but a long way from cable or broadband.