Hello, What make/model of headsets (with mic!) are used in your facilities? What's the lifetime of a typical headset? And/or do you have recommendations of something different? We are having problems with headsets breaking at an alarming rate. Instead of replacing them, I'd like to get a different more durable type of headset (preferably wireless), and perhaps find a way to store them that helps keep them functional. Right now, we have wired headsets purchased by a predecessor. They work fine, except that students wrap (or strangle) the headsets with the attached cord, bending all the little connecting places of the cord such that the headset stops working. (Or stops working reliably, or the mic won't work though the headset does, etc.) We provide a one-gallon ziplock bag (and instructions) to encourage students not to wrap the thing up, rather throw it spaghetti-like loosely in the bag, but no dice. Strangle they will. Also, how do you store your headsets? Ours are kept in their one-gallon ziplocks together in a large totebag - which is probably part of the problem. We're thinking about some sort of towel rack or bar-type-thing to hang the headset over, and keep the wireless USB connectors separately. What do you do/recommend? thank you -- Charity Anne Caldwell Technology Specialist Sandi Port Errant Language and Culture Learning Center http://lclc.uic.edu [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************