Instruction for Diverse Learners Using IntelliTalk III and IntelliKeys

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Instruction for Diverse Learners Using
IntelliTalk III and IntelliKeys

• Patricia M. Barbetta, Jorine Voigt
• Florida International University
• Jacques Bentolila, Yvette Perez
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools

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Need for Flexibility In Instruction

• Wide-range of student diversity including
• Cognitive, physical, cultural and social
• In a diverse classroom, no single method or
  strategy can reach all learners.
• Multiple methods are needed to achieve curricular
  goals. These must
• bridge for ability gap
• access different learning strengths

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

• provides a blueprint for creating flexible goals,
  methods, materials, and assessments that
  accommodate learner differences
• UDL mirrors the universal design movement in
  architecture and product development
• UDL uses technology's power and flexibility to
  make education more inclusive and effective for
  all.
• Flexible digital media makes it easier than ever
  to customize teaching and learning

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CAST Definition of UDL

• The central practical premise of UDL is that a
  curriculum should include alternatives to make it
  accessible and appropriate for individuals with
  different backgrounds, learning styles,
  abilities, and disabilities in widely varied
  learning contexts. The "universal" in universal
  design does not imply one optimal solution for
  everyone. Rather, it reflects an awareness of the
  unique nature of each learner and the need to
  accommodate differences, creating learning
  experiences that suit the learner and maximize
  his or her ability to progress. (Center for
  Applied Science and Technology website)

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Universal Design for Learning

• When teachers apply universal design for learning
  (UDL) principles to curriculum, they
• present concepts in multiple ways,
• offer students multiple forms of expressing
  learning, and
• provide a variety of options for learning.

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Creating a UDL Classroom

• The use of technology is at the forefront in
  creating a more UDL Classroom
• Digitized learning materials allow for multiple
  adaptations
• Adapted devices allow for diversity.
• IntelliTools Classroom Suite along with
  Intellikeys conforms to the principles of
  universal design for learning.

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Intellitools Suite

• Three programs
• IntelliPics Studio III
• A multimedia authoring program.
• IntelliMathics III
• A mathematics authoring program
• IntelliTalk III
• An innovative word processor program.

All three programs are fully integrated and
complements each other in the suite.
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IntelliTalk III

• IntelliTalk III is an innovative word-processing
  program that
• combines speech, graphics, and text in ways that
  allow for flexibility of presentation and
  response.
• The dynamic features in IntelliTalk III help
  students experience success by giving every
  student the support he/she needs.
• Works with multiple input devices (i.e. mouse,
  adaptive keyboards, switches).

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IntelliTalk III

• Allows students to combine graphics, text and
  speech to support and enhance writing and
  communication skills.
• Promotes comprehension, reinforces concepts, and
  provide a multisensory writing and learning
  environment for all learners.
• Graphics can be incorporated into documents,
  providing support for beginning readers and
  enhancing learning activities.
• Has multiple lessons already developed and
  templates that can be easily adapted.
• Built in sytems to control student work pages and
  track student progress.
• Has ability to provide accuracy feedback to
  students

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UDL Features of IntelliTalk III

• Speaking Feature Can be programmed to speak each
  letter, word or sentence as it is typed. These
  settings can be mixed and matched.
• Reading Feature Can be programmed to read what
  has been written previously. It can read part or
  all of a document.
• Reads original text and/or text scanned or
  cut-and-pasted from secondary sources textbooks,
  websites.
• On-screen palettes as word banks or prompts.
• Create worksheets using locked text and set up
  student portfolios.

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UDL Features of IntelliTalk III

• Visual Features Can be programmed for different
  visual presentations
• Easily adjust font size/style/color
• Easily adjust background color
• Include pictures for visual representation
• Allows for highlighting words as it speaks or
  reads
• Allows for easy customization of layouts
• Can select flash scanning highlights

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Available IntelliTalk III Toolbars
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UDL Features of IntelliTalk III

• Auditory Features Can be programmed for
  different auditory presentations
• Can be programmed to read menus, dialogue boxes,
  palettes, text
• Has word prediction capabilities
• Can easily adjust reading speed
• Talking spell-checker
• Can use built-in pronunciation editor
• Allows for use of different male or female voices
• Can select auditory scanning sounds

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IntelliTalk III Speech
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IntelliTalk Talking Spell Checker

• The spell checker reads the sentence with error.
• The program will indicate spelling error.
• The program will read each the possible
  replacement words.
• Student can hear words to help make selection.

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IntelliTalk III Picture Library

• The picture library allows user to add pictures
  that may be paired with words (the word can be
  removed).
• Sentences can be created for emergent readers or
  to assist with difficult words.

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UDL Features of IntelliTalk III and IntelliKeys

• Adaptive/access Features Programmable for a
  variety of access options
• Standard keyboard Can be used in the traditional
  manner or programmed to scan via selected keys
• IntelliKeys (programmable) keyboard Can be used
  as a keyboard that uses pre-made or customized
  overlays.
• A revolutionary keyboard with a changing face.
• You plug IntelliKeys into your computer select
  the overlay (the face) that matches your needs
  and begin.
• Each overlay consists of two parts.
• The printed overlay shows current location of
  each key in overlay.
• The overlay content is stored inside IntelliKeys
  this tells Intellikeys what to do when a key is
  touched.
• The universal design of the overlays provides
  large, well-spaced keys in high contrast colors

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IntelliKeys Keyboard

• Standard overlays with large, well-spaced keys in
  high contrast colors
• On-screen control panel to adjust and save
  settings for individual users
• Plug-and-play keyboard while computer is running
• Full access to both mouse and keyboard at all
  times
• Automatic overlay generation capabilities
• Usable with keyguards to direct key access.

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IntelliKeys Keyboard Personalized Touch Control

• Allows teachers to customize each keyboard by
  selecting
• How quickly each key responds to touch
• How quickly each key repeats (fast to slow)
• Whether the repeat feature is on or off
• How quickly the mouse moves
• Whether to latch the shift and control keys for
  one-finger typists
• Whether the student must lift off before another
  key press is recognized
• Smart typing, such as punctuation spacing and q
  automatically followed by u

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Lets See IntelliTalk in Action
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Contact Information

• Go to www.intellitools.com to learn more about
  this program and others (now owned by Cambium
  Learning, Inc.)
• Go to www.cast.org to learn more about UDL
• Single IntelliTalk III Suite cost is 299.95
• IntelliKeys keyboard 395
• Presentation Contact Information
• Dr. Patricia M.Barbetta
• Florida International University
• ZEB 235
• Miami, FL 33199
• emailbarbetta_at_fiu.edu