Interactive White Boards

We've been working with interactive whiteboards like Promethean and Mimio Boards that essentially do the same thing, but cheaper.  and Boy, they are flashy.  You can do some pretty neat things with them, like create games, interactive class lessons, etc, and their respective websites are full of creative lessons and ideas for teachers to use in their classrooms.  Because that way, people will buy more of them!

Its for your child's future!

I think there's a lot of pressure on teachers to adopt technology in their classes, and that is good, and they should. 

Preferably in a box with a fox, because I'm a hack writer.

But I don't think that Promethean boards, especially at five thousand dollars apiece are a good enough way to do this.  After all, your still just a teacher, teaching at students from a board, the same way they've been doing it for decades, with a much fancier board.  There are better, free-er ways to use technology and collaborate.