What is Boardable?
Boardable is an online bulletin board and communication platform specifically designed for K-12 schools. It provides a secure online environment where school administrators, teachers, students, and parents can collaborate, share information, and have discussions.
Some key features of Boardable include:
- School news feeds and blogs - Administrators and teachers can post school news, announcements, event updates, newsletters etc. to the school community.
- Discussion forums - Users can participate in topic-based discussions within the school community.
- Teacher webpages - Teachers can create webpages to post assignments, resources, updates etc. for their classes.
- Parent communication tools - Two-way communication between teachers and parents about student progress.
- Student portfolio capabilities - Students can showcase their work digitally.
- File sharing capabilities
- Calendar and events management
- Customizable privacy settings
An advantage of Boardable over consumer platforms like Facebook is that it creates a closed environment exclusively for the school community, with oversight from administrators. This allows sensitive information to be shared safely. It encourages students, parents, teachers and school leadership to engage and collaborate for the benefit of student learning.