Technology in a locked School System

As a long term substitute, it is interesting to see how local board's of education have not embraced a Web 2.0 philosophy. In my opinion, the decision makers are uninformed as to the benefits that a mixed approach classroom can provide: Face to face instruction each day, then online instruction at home where they can relive the lesson, or interact with the content of the lesson. This gives students more access time with the materials. Einstein's definition of insanity comes to mind when I think about this. So far, every group or online group activity has been blocked or banned by the system. As an example, I currently go between two schools. It is difficult to keep up with all the meetings at both places. I attempted to set up a Live.com one note notebook where we could collaborate online from wherever we were. This was blocked, so the system is actually preventing their teachers from being more productive, especially when we have to collaborate to meet the needs of the kids.