Technology in the Classroom

So what do I think of the itouch in the classroom?  Honestly, I have used it very little beyond recording student interviews and literacy assessments.  For those ends it has been very helpful to track information.  The students have enjoyed handling them while helping me record their work.  I would make more regular use of them if they had video capabilities. I can see videoing presentations, readers theater or other fun antics and sending them home to parents or to student files that they can keep for a portfolio.  I would also like to see students use them to create stories, but have not made it happen yet.  At the moment, I feel very limited by time constraints and have a hard time giving up the time it would take a student to get up to speed with an app that might be useful for them.  I can do so much with them in that amount of time, and let my assessment of their work guide my future instruction.  Perhaps these are the whinings of someone who feels overburdened at the moment.  Cheers to better uses of the itouch in my classroom by the next time I write.