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INTRODUCING: BOARDMAKER ONLINE!Texas Assistive Technology Network
Wednesday, June 6th, 2015
10:00am-11:30am
Room 203
Betsy Walker
Regional Education Consultant
Boardmaker-Mayer Johnson, a TobiiDynavox Company
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I have relevant financial relationship(s) with the products or services describedin this presentation.
I am an employee of Boardmaker-MayerJohnson, a TobiiDynavox Company
I have no relevant nonfinancial relationship(s) to disclose.
Disclosure Statements
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Objectives:
• Participants will be able to:
• Describe key features of boardmaker online
• Name four groups of people who could use and benefit from boardmaker online
• Name the three instructional solutions
• Have the resources to start a free 30 day trial
• Name the 4 types of subscriptions available
What is Boardmaker Online?
Introducing: Boardmaker Online!
BOARDMAKER
ONLINE
Boardmaker Online
Who can benefit?
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Introducing: Boardmaker Online!
STUDENTS
• Engaging
• Adaptable
• Standards Aligned
Success
FAMILIES
• Extend learning
• Home access
• Carryover
Collaboration
TEACHERS
• Student tracking
• 35,000 premade activities
• New premade curriculum available!
Time
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
• Play
• Share
Therapy
RESOURCES FOR ALL
• 267,000 members
• 34,000 shared activities
• 30,000 symbols
• 800 premium activities
• 730 public groups
• 409 print templates
• 244 interactive templates
EFFICIENCY
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEAMS
• Curriculum accommodation
• Remote access method controls
Comprehensive
ADMINISTRATORS
• Reporting
• Efficiency
• Standardization
• Account management
Results
I.T. TEAM
• Ease of deployment
• Device agnostic
• Secure
Enterprise Solution
Subscription Options
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Introducing: Boardmaker Online!
Choose the option that works best for you!• Boardmaker Community
• It’s free
• Boardmaker Personal
• 1 instructor• 1 child
• Boardmaker Professional
• 1 instructor• Multiple students
• Boardmaker District
• Multiple instructors• Multiple students
SummaryIntroducing: Boardmaker Online!
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Top reasons to like boardmaker online!
1. No more disksWork from any Mac or Windows computer with internet access
2. 4 options for using Boardmaker Online
3. Keep using your activitiesUpload the activities that you have already created
4. Track progress
5. Create new activities and edit old activities online
6. Associate activities with IEP goals and standards
7. Over 30000 symbolsall addendums are included
8. Thousand of ready made activities35,000 shared activities
9. Print and play activities anywhereParents can even log in from homeiPad app
New from Boardmaker Online!
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Introducing: Boardmaker Online!
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Boardmaker Instructional Solutions
• Current Events
• A weekly news-based educational program that provides rigorous academic instruction in ELA and Math and makes it fully accessible to all students with special educational needs
• Expedition Education
• A rigorous academic curriculum, focused on social studies and science, designed to transform students with special needs in 3rd grade and higher into readers
• Book Bridge
• A curriculum to help students with special educational needs meet modern academic standards for reading, writing, and vocabulary development through grade-level literature
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Boardmaker Instructional Solutions: Key Features• Inspires teacher and student confidence
• Provides equal access to curriculum
• Differentiates instruction, but doesn’t simplify
• Answers, “How do I teach to the standards?”
• Provides robust vocabulary instruction
• Combines language and literacy
• Provides repetition with variety
• Makes it personal
• Builds world knowledge
• Leverages the power of Boardmaker Online
Resources
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Introducing: Boardmaker Online!
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Resources
• Free 30 day trial• Go to www.boardmakeronline.com• Sign up for a FREE trial
• Help and training center• http://helpandtraining.boardmakeronline.com/• Training schedule• How-To videos• Tutorials• Implementation tips
• Trial district license• Contact me for details
Questions?
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Introducing: Boardmaker Online!
Betsy WalkerRegional Education Consultant
Boardmaker Online214-354-6912972-629-9103
Contact me!
