The Promethean Activpen is our unique battery-free, wireless mouse-pen. It writes like a pen and acts like a mouse. The Activpen can activate mouse rollovers (hovers), right-click, 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 the Activboard 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 the Activpen was designed to be easy to hold and handle for students of all ages.