Technology

1. What is the role of the ITouch in Primary School?

I am having a difficult time imagining the usefulness of the ITouch for use in kindergarten and first grade.  In terms of the applets (at least the ones I have looked at so far), they are more or less the same types of games you can get off the internet (pbskids...or any other ed site).  I think having laptop computers or I Pads would be much more useful because of their versatility.  Once kids start having their own I-phones (intermediate elementary or middle school), perhaps it becomes more relevant to have them download various apps or use it for class assignments, calendars etc.