Board Maker Plus

When working with Board Maker Plus, I was creating the communication grid and story book through tutorials and on a lack of sleep. I felt a range of emotions! Not the least of which was frustration. I have used Board Maker before, and it is very useful and not so difficult to use. I just find that not unlike many other software programs, if you have one small mistake or a certain box not clicked or whatever, that the program doesn't run smoothly and it is a real challenge to find out where you have gone wrong, and how to fix the problem. I also found I had to "trick" the program into pronouncing words correctly by writing out phonetically what I wanted the button to say. Watching online tutorials, scrolling through a power point presentation, and navigating my way through Board Maker Plus was certainly a challenge! I do feel now, though, that I know how to use the program quite well and I certainly did become speedier in time with creating settings and buttons.

I do find Board Maker useful. Whether it just be to label items around the classroom, to use in a communication binder or Go Talk, or when creating social stories. I have used it for a variety of things in the learning centre, and do recognize the value of the software program. It was also interesting to see all the variety of ways in which one could use Board Maker. I also like that there are such a great variety of images and they are so colourful for the user. It is especially helpful that you can combine symbols or take from numerous symbols to create your own unique symbol. I hate the feeling of being limited by the symbols available, and that is not the case with Board Maker if you have the time to make the necessary adaptations to the symbols provided.