Create and print your activity, slip it into Boardmaker Activity Pad and bring it to life by recording messages, sounds, questions, answers and more. Learning and communication aren't limited to the classroom. Boardmaker Activity Pad extends interactive activities beyond the computer so students can learn and communicate in the classroom, at home and all the places in between.
With the flexible, easy-to-use features of Boardmaker Activity Pad, you have the power to encourage independence in activities and reduce your students' dependence on staff as you:
- Create sentence-building lessons.
- Construct scene-based activities for language practice.
- Teach or test with question-and-answer features.
- Ask questions or tell a story with sequential buttons.
- Adapt existing materials like student workbooks or Boardmaker Add-ons.
- Facilitate communication and learning with a single take–anywhere tool.
Boardmaker Activity Pad is designed to make learning and communication possible for every student and in every setting.
In the Classroom
Create independent learning activities and quizzes with question-and-answer buttons. Give positive and corrective feedback to selections with feedback buttons. Let non-verbal students ask questions and give reports with sequence buttons.
At Home
Boardmaker Activity Pad is a great choice for emergent communicators who are building basic communication skills. Create standard grid-based activities or personalized freeform activities with “hot spots.”
In the Community
Rugged and lightweight, the Boardmaker Activity Pad is a perfect companion when you are on the move. The retractable handle makes it easy to carry and the dual speakers provide plenty of volume in any setting. Not only can students carry their lightweight Boardmaker Activity Pads anywhere, with unique SmartPocket technology, they never run out of activities. Each side of a vinyl SmartPocket holds two, separate activities so students can choose which activities they want to use and swap them as they go.
Create activities that never get old in a few simple steps:
- Create and print an activity using Boardmaker or Boardmaker Plus! Choose from more than 20 templates and 280 sample activities.
- Insert the printed activity sheet into a SmartPocket.
Give your activities more life with photos and magazine pages. - Slide the SmartPocket into the Boardmaker Activity Pad.
Reuse SmartPockets for new activities as you go. - Assign buttons and record messages, sounds, questions and answers. Each SmartPocket includes four minutes of recording time that can be spread over 32 buttons on each side.
- Then, watch your students go!
Includes 10 SmartPockets, CD with templates and activities, SmartPocket guard, four AA batteries, screwdriver, User's Guide and Quick Start Tutorials.