A non-computer technology that I think is valuable for the elementary classroom is a camera/video recorder. I know young students can't use these independently too often, and that they're expensive, but they really can be great learning tools. You could use the video recorder for class presentations, where the student can go back and look at what he/she did, and reflect upon it. You could have class discussions about the presentations, and it will keep their interest better because they are in it.
With cameras and assistance from the teacher or a parent, they can take pictures themselves for project visuals, thus making it more personal then when you just find pictures in magazines and cut them out, or just print them off from the computer. I think that's why they're really important: they personalize the activity, making it interesting, and really involve the student and give him some independence with it as well.
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