Pogo Boards is the world’s first all-in-one, full-featured, web-based solution for creating boards and learning materials.
No. There are no player programs or anything else to purchase.
Yes, a free, small program called Microsoft Silverlight needs to be installed on the computer you will be using. Silverlight is a onetime download/install that takes approximately 1 minute. Silverlight is Microsoft’s equivalent of Adobe Flash.
Yes. Please refer to our
system requirements section for more information.
Yes, it is very intuitive and easy to use. Most users are up and running with the application within a few minutes.
Speech therapists, teachers, families, support staff, special educators, ESL, EFL and ELL teachers.
Yes. (Don’t worry, we get this question a lot.)
Yes, you can share them online with anyone else who uses Pogo Boards. You can also email what you have created to anyone you’d like (as a PDF attachment).
Shared boards and other adapted learning materials are located within a variety of different Global Community folders.
You can search by various topics and keywords.
Yes. Although when you modify what others have shared, the original is always preserved.
Our first customer was Dr. David Beukelman. He has been a leader in the field of augmentative and alternative communication for many years. He has also been a tremendous mentor for us.
Pogo Boards has the largest and widest variety of picture communication symbols in the world. Users of Pogo Boards have access to the popular SymbolStix©, AbleNet Symbols, black and white PiCS, color PiCS and Mulberry Symbols.
All of the symbol libraries used within the Pogo Boards application are widely used on a variety of communication devices and software programs. The AbleNet Symbols are used in schools across the U.S. within the popular Weekly Reader publication. SymbolStix© is also used in the popular News2You publication.
With a free account, you are able to see all of the features that are available and have access to millions of images as you create your own boards and materials. However, with a free account, you are not able to save, share or email the materials you have created. With a subscription to Pogo Boards, you have access to ALL of the features, including the ability to save, share, print and email the boards and materials you have created.
Yes there are many different templates from a variety of AAC device manufacturers.
Email us at
info@pogoboards.com and we will try to accommodate your requests.
Yes, Google image searching is built in directly within the Pogo Boards application.
No.
Yes. Please email your requests for new symbols to
info@pogoboards.com
Yes. It is a perfect match for creating communication boards and learning materials for children and adults.
Yes, you can email boards and materials to anyone you would like as a PDF attachment. Adobe Reader, which is free, is needed to open the attachment.
Good question! In a nutshell you can use what you create for educational and communication purposes; you just can’t sell it. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
Google image searching and The Library of Character/Logo Symbols contained within pogoboards.com is included free of charge, may be used solely for communication and educational purposes and may not be sold, copied or otherwise exploited for any type of profit. We are making such material available to you free of charge in our efforts to help individuals with communication difficulties, low-level and non-readers easily understand text and improve literacy and communication. Accordingly, such material may be used solely for communication, literacy and teaching purposes and may not be sold, copied or otherwise exploited for profit.