The pen is mightier than the sword.

The Promethean Activpen is our unique battery-free, wireless, mouse-pen. It writes like a pen and acts like a mouse. The Activpen can drag-and-drop, highlight, open tools and applications, switch between pages and activate sounds and images. The mouse functionality allows you to 'double-click' for additional helpful tools with onscreen guidance. The Activpen is so accurate and precise, you can measure and mark on-screen to the millimeter or degree. Teachers told us that they found touch-sensitive screens, (notably ones you use with your finger), could be temperamental. Children were encouraged to wipe their little hands on the "magic tissue", before they touched the whiteboard. Educational specialists told us that children's handwriting is best developed by holding and using a pen from a young age, so its design is easy to hold and handle on any interactive whiteboard.