Boardmaker

Hello Boardmaker Gang! We are **awesome** 


 * **Outcomes**
 * Participants demonstrate how to navigate through Boardmaker new features
 * Participants receive up-to date hands-on instruction on the software to maximize use in the classroom
 * Participants create visual supports for diverse populations
 * Students benefit from receiving rich visual print and interactive learning resources to aid in instruction and communication
 * Students benefit from receiving rich visual print and interactive learning resources to aid in instruction and communication

**__ THE BOARDMAKER MAKE & TAKE __**  Now that you have Boardmaker Plus what do you do with it. This exciting session will drastically broaden your use of Boardmaker Plus. We will review the vast capabilities of Boardmaker Plus for classroom application. Participants will leave this training with electronic version of boards that they can print or use on the computer. This program is designed for experienced users of Boardmaker Plus. We will share tips, tricks and shortcuts and will leave you saying, “I never knew you could do that with Boardmaker!” Please bring your computers loaded with Boardmaker Plus and your Boardmaker Plus CD. Come with a student in mind

Agenda  8:30 Sign In (there is some flexibility with this we just need to make sure that they get the correct the number of hours for the inservice credits) 9:00 Welcome, Introduction, Ground Rules (bathroom, cell phone, computer) 9:15: Ice Breaker ,or Pretest, Read the room
 * __Boardmaker Adgenda__**


 * **Open up Boardmaker**
 * **What is new about boardmaker.... Go through the top ten features ( Hint check and see how comfortable the groups feels they are with the new features)**
 * **Teach the participants how to navigate to the templates**
 * **Show 3 of the preloaded Boardmaker activites from the interactive boards folder**


 * 9:45 -10:00 Break

10:00 -12:00 Show our premade Seasonal activity in its entirity**
 * **Concentrate on teaching the educational concepts and not the features first when showing the activities when speaking to the participants. Show them how this activity is being used to teach a concept and then show them how the feature we embedded supports that activity.**

Put up the posters then. "What other ways might we use this one?" Let's give the participants a choice of a minimum of three they would modify. Modify the activites with particpants (Guided Practice) 12:00: Lunch 12:30: Make and Take 1:45: Break 2:00-2:45 Other Resources-Sign up KIC websites and for Adapted Learning 3:00 Sharing and Evaluations****
 * After showing our premade Seasonal activity take a poll and see what they want to modify and do that one as a group.

[|Powerpoint for visual supports (beginner)]