The Boardmaker Activity Pad moves interactive activities beyond the computer and directly into the hands of the learner! Create your own educational symbol pages, program functionality and instructions, and deliver that lesson to students, wherever they are.
Portable Learning
At home, in the community or in the classroom, Boardmaker Activity Pad is durable and flexible enough to meet a wide range of needs. Rugged and lightweight, the Activity Pad can be handled without worry and carried anywhere with ease. From communication to education, skill assessments to skill enhancement, alternate assessment to classroom participation, the Boardmaker Activity Pad can replace a shelf full of other devices that are designed to only meet a single, specific need.
Easy Set-Up
Unique, patented technology allows the Boardmaker Activity Pad to use the Smart Pocket media, providing almost unlimited expandability and maximum portability of all your activities. Each SmartPocket allows you to create two completely self-contained activities that can be used in any Boardmaker Activity Pad.
Create your activity in Boardmaker or use any printed material, including photographs
- Choose from over 20 Boardmaker templates or 280 sample activities.
- Make scene-based activities with a freeform button layout.
Insert the printed activity or a photograph into a SmartPocket
- Each side of the Smart Pocket is a separate, self-contained activity!
- Smart Pockets can be reused when you are done with a specific activity.
Select a layout and record your message
- Each SmartPocket holds a total of four minutes of recording time that can be spread over as many as 32 buttons per side.
- Take advantage of more than 20 pre-configured layouts or use a freeform layout to create buttons where you need them.
Practical applications.
Teachers, speech-language pathologists and parents use the Boardmaker Activity Pad for many different purposes, such as:
- Creating sentence-building lessons.
- Recording questions on sequential buttons.
- Teaching or testing using the question-and-answer layout.
- Constructing scene-based activities for language practice.
- Designing learning activities that reduce a student’s dependence on staff or parents.
An excellent tool for alternate assessments
The question-and-answer features of Boardmaker Activity Pad allow you to assign answers to questions and provide reinforcing or corrective feedback for each answer. Students can also practice their self-expression using the essay answer buttons to record explanations, short stories, solutions or ideas for playback at a later time.
Save time with Add-ons
Boardmaker Software Family Add-ons for the Activity Pad are ready-made educational activities, templates and communication boards that will save you time and effort. Choose from:
Accessories
Carriers, additional SmartPockets and Keyguards are available and can be found in our Store.