Catching up with my child

It is now week six in this course I am thinking back on all that I have learned. While last semester we did touch on what was meant by Web 2.0, we didn't really get into the nuts and bolts of the topic. This semester, I've learner to blog, how to make a wiki, how to tag and I'm discovering the ins and outs of podcasts this week. Who would have thought that for someone who worked in an information providing career field that I would be so woefully out-of-date and out-of-tune with technology? Instead of keeping up with the Jones and buying a new BMW, I need to be buying an iPhone, saving my bookmarks to Delicious, and setting a Wiki to plan my daughters 18th birthday party? While it may make me an "uncool" parent not to be up on the latest thing, it will make me an unemployable instructional designer if I don't realize that that technology is advancing and I must learn ways to utilize the tools that are now available. While you should never use tools just for the sake of the gee whiz factor, they should be used to empower the learner and increase the retention of information. So does anyone know where I can buy an iPhone on sale?