Ideas for Using
Boardmaker
Use Boardmaker to
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Make communication boards.
Create calendars.
Design schedules.
Modify curriculum.
Import digital pictures.
Make photo albums.
And much, much more. . .
Boardmaker Templates
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Boardmaker comes
with calendar
templates that are
ready to use.
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Just add symbols and
print out your
calendar.
Templates
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Boardmaker has over 185 templates that fit a
variety of communication devices.
sample
More templates
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Templates come in a variety of sizes and
shapes. All are ready to have symbols added.
DigiVox
sample
More Templates
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Boardmaker has
templates that fit the
a variety of display
items.
Good way to
increase
communication in
the community.
Boardmaker Schedule Templates
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If you use schedules,
Boardmaker provides
7 schedule templates
that are ready to have
symbols added.
1st page of
8-step
schedule
More Schedule Templates
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Boardmaker Schedules come in several styles.
Use the templates or design a schedule
template of your own.
Ready to have
symbols added
Create your own schedules
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Design schedules to fit a variety of activities
that will take students through the day.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Design an I.E.P.
form.
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Use Boardmaker
to create a
template to
communicate
student progress.
Customizing Curriculum
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Make worksheets,
reading activities,
writing activities, and
more.
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With Boardmaker, they
can be simple or
complex as you want
them to be.
More Customizing
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Create writing activities
by using School Fonts
for Beginning Writers
and/or Transitional Fonts
for Emergent Writers.
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Both programs work
with Boardmaker or any
other word processing
program.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Make picture
directions for the
classroom or
home.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Customize books
by using
Boardmaker to
make sentence
strips.
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Hint: Use Avery
Removable Full
Sheet Label Paper
#6465. Symbols can
usually be removed
without damaging
the paper.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Make your own
PECs or PCS
cards.
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Make a 2” grid,
add symbols,
print, cut apart
and laminate. It’s
so easy!
Designing with Boardmaker
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Make your own
flash cards and
picture cards.
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Make the cards
any size or style
you want.
fold
Designing with Boardmaker
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You can even
make recipe
cards.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Make classroom signs.
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These can be used to inform
about class activities or to
give directions.
Creating with Boardmaker
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Make books.
My
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Create games and
song boards.
ABC
Book
Twinkle, twinkle
Twinkle, twinkle
little
star.
little
star.
WHALE’S TALE GAME
How
I
you are.
Up
wonder
above
what
the world
Creating with Boardmaker
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Create your own
picture and/or
photo library.
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Import digital
and/or scanned
photos directly
into Boardmaker
and use them to
customize items
for the class.
Mrs. Murphy
melon
Creating with Boardmaker
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Scan images from
fast food
restaurant menus.
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Use scanned
images to create a
picture menu of
favorite fast food
restaurant items.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Make a photo
album or class
newsletter.
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Take pictures of
classroom
activities, import
them into BM to
use anyway you
want.
Designing with Boardmaker
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Make a place mat.
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Customize any
place mat with
symbols or design
your own with
construction paper
and laminate for
durability.
Extra Boardmaker Symbols
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Add to your symbol
collection using
addendum libraries.
The 1998 library
features a large
number of animal
and food symbols.
Extra Boardmaker Symbols
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The 2000 addendum
features a new
public sign category
as well as an
extensive geography
symbol library.
Extra Boardmaker Symbols
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The new 2002
Addendum library
features a new
behavior symbol
category and more
bathroom skills
symbols.
Extra Boardmaker Symbols
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Boardmaker has
sign language
symbols to add to
your BM libraries.
Extra Boardmaker Symbols
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Picture This. . .for
Boardmaker.
These photos have
been scaled to 2inches to match
BM symbol size.
This library will
add over 2700
photos to your BM
library.
Photos look best at 2-inches,
quality lessens as the photo is enlarged.
Print ‘n Play
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50 ready to print
bingo and mystery
games
Print ‘n Communicate
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Print ‘n Eat
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50 communication boards
covering favorite fast
food restaurants.
21 communication
boards that are great
for children and
adults.
Engineering Preschool Displays
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4 different display
formats are
available.
Flip ‘n Talk
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Low-tech solution
providing access to a
large symbol vocabulary.
Print ‘n Learn
Digital Photo Programs
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Picture This. . .
Picture This…Pro
Photo Objects
Big Box of Art