The Boardmaker Project

University of Edinburgh’s Communication Aids for Language Learning (CALL)
Centre:
http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk/About_CALL/Publications_CAA/Quick_Guid
es_CAB/BoardMaker_CAC/boardmaker_cac.html
Useful information, sample boards, and links – all in downloadable PDF format.
Burnaby Teachers’ Templates:
http://schou.sd41.bc.ca/district/boardmaker.htm
A set of 12 templates; all are in Boardmaker format, so you must have the program
to use them.
Teacher-created resources:
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teachercreate.html#bfiles
A selection of downloads in Windows format on the Montgomery County Public
Schools (MD) web site.
National Institute of Mental Health (US):
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm
Detailed background information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Using Picture Symbols:
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2001/proceedings/0073williams.htm
Stephanie Williams’ conference paper on using communication symbols for language
learning.
Glossary of terms: http://www.d.umn.edu/~mmizuko/5230/symbols.htm
A glossary of terms related to the use of Picture Symbols, from the University of
Minnesota Duluth.
The Autism Shop: http://www.autismshop.com/
The full spectrum of what’s available to buy. Offers a wide variety of Boardmaker,
PECs, and other ready-made visual supports.
Integrating Boardmaker and Kid Pix into an Emergent Literacy Program:
http://www.startechprogram.org/technology/chris.html
From the STAR Tech site, a feel-good story about how one teacher used
Boardmaker to promote early literacy in a real classroom.
Note: the web references above are current in August 2005, but sites change over
time.
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