IntelliFeature This*

• Mariangeles “Nena” Murphy-Herd

• Dinell Stuckey

• Susan M. Bashinski

• Mary Dunbar, ATP

• Soda – On the web no one knows

I’m a dog!

* use of the “Intelli” prefix is not meant to imply sponsorship, or agreement with the information, by the IntelliTools corporation.

IntelliTools Products Include:

A. Software• IntelliTalk III• IntelliMathics III• IntelliPics Studio III• Overlay Maker 3

B. Hardware• IntelliKeys• IntelliSwitch

Latest Info and UpdatesRegarding Classroom Suite

• Free 90-day trial full version

• Free online product demos

• New scanning features including magnification

• Pricing info

The Activity Exchange

www.intellitools.com/icsaex

1. Access-IntelliKeys or switch user

2. Sorting- low vision

3. Skill level

4. Curriculum area

5. Author-Creator

6. Rating

7. Tag system – code to pull up freebies related to this outline

Type tag here

Data Collection and Time Savers

• Tracks and reports students’ work on practice activities and tests

• Provides teachers with feedback re: student performance

• New IntelliTools Templates- time saving features for teachers + data collection capabilities

SENSORY: Maximize the Student’s Vision For Learning

• Visual- Consideration of the SPACE dimension

• Distancing considerations • Environment – planes • Figure – Ground • Visual Field• Static/Dynamic

SENSORY: Maximize the Student’s Hearing For Learning

• Auditory discrimination

• Volume

• Pitch

• Duration

• Response to patterns –rhythm, rhyme

• Rate of Speech

• Digitized or synthesized speech

SENSORY: Maximize the Student’s Tactile Skills

For Learning

• Activities: – Braille overlays

– Velfoam (head liner material);

Pulling on object activates IntelliKeys to send signal. Softkeys.

SENSORY: Maximize the Student’s Motor Skills

For Learning

Specific AT applications:

• Mouse

• Standard Keyboard

• IntelliKeys Keyboard

• Switch(es)

• Touch Screen

SENSORY: Maximize the Student’s Motor Skills

For Learning

Students with severe and multiple disabilities can be included in classroom activities by:

• Single Switch Scanning

• Two Switch Step Scanning

SENSORY: Maximize the Student’s

Cognitive/Communication Skills For Learning

• Level of symbolization

• Types of representations that can be

appropriately used

Potential of using Classroom Suite

• To increase the accessibility of the general

ed. curriculum for students with deaf-

blindness

• To increase an individual learner’s use of

her residual vision and/or hearing skills

Where To Go For The Examples

Not all of the activities we have

demonstrated were created by our team.

If an original activity was not set up to

collect data, we have tweaked it and

added data collection features.

A variety of additional free activities are

available for download on the IntelliTools Activity

Exchange under the tag. “????”.

IntelliFeature This

• Mariangeles “Nena” Murphy-Herd

mwats@cox.net

• Dinell Stuckey ddstuckey@cox.net

• Susan M. Bashinski sbashins@ku.edu

• Mary Dunbar ATP mddunbar@ku.edu