Ideas for Using Boardmaker

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Ideas for Using Boardmaker
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Use Boardmaker to

• Make communication boards.
• Create calendars.
• Design schedules.
• Modify curriculum.
• Import digital pictures.
• Make photo albums.
• And much, much more. . .

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Boardmaker Templates

• Boardmaker comes with calendar templates that are
  ready to use.
• Just add symbols and print out your calendar.

It comes in Boardmaker
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Templates
It comes in Boardmaker

• Boardmaker has over 185 templates that fit a
  variety of communication devices.

Tech/Talk
sample
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More templates

• Templates come in a variety of sizes and shapes.
  All are ready to have symbols added.

It comes in Boardmaker
DigiVox sample
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More Templates

• Boardmaker has templates that fit the a variety
  of display items.
• Good way to increase communication in the
  community.

Just add symbols
If you don't have the template, download from the
web.
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Boardmaker Schedule Templates
If you don't have the template, download from the
web.

• If you use schedules, Boardmaker provides 7
  schedule templates that are ready to have symbols
  added.

It comes in Boardmaker
1st page of 8-step schedule
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More Schedule Templates

• Boardmaker Schedules come in several styles. Use
  the templates or design a schedule template of
  your own.

It comes in Boardmaker
Ready to have symbols added
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Create your own schedules

• Design schedules to fit a variety of activities
  that will take students through the day.

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Designing with Boardmaker

• Design an I.E.P. form.
• Use Boardmaker to create a template to
  communicate student progress.

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Customizing Curriculum

• Make worksheets, reading activities, writing
  activities, and more.
• With Boardmaker, they can be simple or complex as
  you want them to be.

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More Customizing
School Fonts

• Create writing activities by using School Fonts
  for Beginning Writers and/or Transitional Fonts
  for Emergent Writers.
• Both programs work with Boardmaker or any other
  word processing program.

Transitional Fonts
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Designing with Boardmaker

• Make picture directions for the classroom or
  home.

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Designing with Boardmaker
This is amazing!

• Customize books by using Boardmaker to make
  sentence strips.
• Hint Use Avery Removable Full Sheet Label Paper
  6465. Symbols can usually be removed without
  damaging the paper.

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Designing with Boardmaker

• Make your own PECs or PCS cards.
• Make a 2 grid, add symbols, print, cut apart and
  laminate. Its so easy!

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Designing with Boardmaker

• Make your own flash cards and picture cards.
• Make the cards any size or style you want.

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Designing with Boardmaker

• You can even make recipe cards.

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Designing with Boardmaker

• Make classroom signs.
• These can be used to inform about class
  activities or to give directions.

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Creating with Boardmaker

• Make books.
• Create games and song boards.

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Creating with Boardmaker

• Create your own picture and/or photo library.
• Import digital and/or scanned photos directly
  into Boardmaker and use them to customize items
  for the class.

Mrs. Murphy
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Creating with Boardmaker

• Scan images from fast food restaurant menus.
• Use scanned images to create a picture menu of
  favorite fast food restaurant items.

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Designing with Boardmaker

• Make a photo album or class newsletter.
• Take pictures of classroom activities, import
  them into BM to use anyway you want.

WOW!
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Designing with Boardmaker

• Make a place mat.
• Customize any place mat with symbols or design
  your own with construction paper and laminate for
  durability.

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Extra Boardmaker Symbols

• Add to your symbol collection using addendum
  libraries. The 1998 library features a large
  number of animal and food symbols.

Over 700 symbols
1998 Addendum
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Extra Boardmaker Symbols

• The 2000 addendum features a new public sign
  category as well as an extensive geography symbol
  library.

Over 1100 symbols
2000 Addendum
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Extra Boardmaker Symbols

• The new 2002 Addendum library features a new
  behavior symbol category and more bathroom skills
  symbols.

Over 1000 symbols
2002 Addendum
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Extra Boardmaker Symbols

• Boardmaker has sign language symbols to add to
  your BM libraries.

Vol. I
Over 700 Symbols
Vol. II
Vol. III
Over 750 Symbols
Over 730 Symbols
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Extra Boardmaker Symbols
Best Quality

• Picture This. . .for Boardmaker. These photos
  have been scaled to 2-inches 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.
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Print n Play

• 50 ready to print bingo and mystery games

Mystery Game
Bingo
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Print n Communicate

• 21 communication boards that are great for
  children and adults.

Makes a great low-tech device
Print n Eat

• 50 communication boards covering favorite fast
  food restaurants.

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Engineering Preschool Displays

• 4 different display formats are available.

Easy to customize!
Flip n Talk

• Low-tech solution providing access to a large
  symbol vocabulary.

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Print n Learn
Thematic
25 topics
Community
5 units
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Digital Photo Programs
Photo Objects

• Picture This. . .
• Picture ThisPro
• Photo Objects
• Big Box of Art

Big Box of Art
Picture This...
Picture This...Pro
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Have fun designing
with Boardmaker