The handheld has been an indispensable tool for me as an educator but one that I rarely see other teachers use. For this reason, I thought I would share with others how I use a handheld in my classroom and possibly inspire or spark an interest in other teachers. As an elementary art teacher, I see on averag e, 1400 students a week. I am always taking notes and jotting things down to remember. I tried very hard to keep track of this information but needed something more than the standard memo app. This brings me to my first application I use on a regular basis: Scrapbook. I am always using this in class to take notes about something I observe, something I need to order or the occasional discipline note. The great thing about scrapbook is I can put these in nested folders where I can get to this information quickly later that day. This works much better for me as compared to categories. I can organize on the go and recall information using keyword search. In addition, I can encrypt this information to keep it safe which is important when dealing with sensitive information.