"If I say, 'Boys and girls, take out your textbooks,' they would say 'Oh, groan,'" says Connie Goetz, a fifth-grade teacher at Saw Mill Road School in North Bellmore, N.Y., whose school is on track to have eight SMART Boards by the end of November. "But because they were actively involved [with the SMART Board], they retained so much more."

"By making the students part of the community where they are the clients, they are more engaged," says Robinson. "After implementing eChalk, parental involvement with school matters goes up a tremendous amount."