INTELLITOOLS ISSUES CHALLENGE GRANT TO CoSN
TO BUILD RESOURCES FOR TECHNOLOGY LEADERS

The Challenge Grant encourages the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
to develop resources on the use of assistive technologies for all students

For Immediate Release
Petaluma, California, March 8, 2004 - IntelliTools®, Inc. (www.intellitools.com), for over 20 years the pioneer in learning solutions for preK-8 classrooms, is pleased to announce that IntelliTools and Sprint have extended a Challenge Grant to the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). The grant encourages CoSN to create resources for school administrators to (1) make educational technology accessible for students with disabilities and (2) build tools to integrate accessible technologies and assistive technology devices and services into the broader school curriculum.

The grant will be used to identify and spread awareness of best practices for increasing access to curriculum for students with disabilities through the adoption and integration of assistive technology devices and accessible technologies. The program will provide tools and training to improve the ways school systems systematically identify, acquire, and implement assistive technology devices and accessible technologies in the classrooms.

"As technology becomes ubiquitous in education, and the demands on students and schools increase, there is a pressing need for educational technology and special education leaders to work cooperatively and to understand what each can contribute to the education of all students in the district," noted Bob Moore, CoSN Board Chair and Executive Director, IT Services, Blue Valley Unified School District in Overland Park, Kan. "On behalf of the Board, I thank Sprint and IntelliTools for providing CoSN with this challenge grant."

"Given that many of our products were designed for the purpose of helping struggling students and students with learning challenges, we are avid supporters of exploring assistive technology applications for wider student use," said Arjan Khalsa, Co-founder and CEO of IntelliTools, Inc. "We're pleased to partner with CoSN and to provide the means to make this happen."

Over the coming months, CoSN will communicate with industry leaders and foundations about a shared vision for making assistive technologies accessible. "As we have with other key leadership initiatives, CoSN hopes to stimulate the ultimate creation of compelling tools and free resources for technology leaders," said Keith R. Krueger, CoSN CEO. "If successful, we will improve the way that school systems systematically identify, acquire, and implement assistive technology devices and accessible technologies in the classrooms."

The challenge grant was announced at a plenary session at CoSN's 2004 annual K-12 School Networking conference, "Using Assistive Technologies for Empowerment: Leaving No Child Left Behind."

Participants at the plenary session included:

• Bob Moore, CoSN Board Chair and Executive Director, IT Services, Blue Valley Unified School District in Overland Park, Kan.
• Alan Brightman, Ph.D., Founder, Apple Computer's Worldwide Disability Solutions Group, Founder, Teenage Division, AT&T Labs
• Arjan Khalsa, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, IntelliTools, Inc.
• Barbara Narvaez, Business Development Manager, Sprint Relay
• David Rose, Co-Executive Director, Center for Applied Special Technology

About the Consortium for School Networking
Founded in 1992, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national non-profit organization, is the premier voice in education technology leadership. Its mission is to advance the K-12 education community's capacity to effectively use technology to improve learning through advocacy, policy, and leadership development. CoSN members represent school districts, state and local education agencies, nonprofits, companies, and individuals who share this vision.

CoSN leadership initiatives include: Cyber Security for the Digital District (www.securedistrict.org); Data-Driven Decision Making (www.3d2know.org); Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse (www.safewiredschools.org); Taking Total Cost of Ownership to the Classroom (www.classroomtco.org); and the development of the Council of School District Chief Technology Officers (CTO).

About IntelliTools, Inc.
IntelliTools®, Inc., a pioneer in learning solutions for preK-8 classrooms, has been producing award-winning software and adaptive hardware products for over 20 years. Its IntelliTools® Classroom Suite is comprised of three fully integrated software programs - IntelliPics® Studio 3, IntelliMathics® 3,and IntelliTalk® 3, providing a network-ready, cross-curricular platform for classroom activities, creativity tools, and student performance tracking and assessment. IntelliTools® Reading: Balanced Literacy, winner of the Technology & Learning Awards in two categories, is a nine-unit supplementary program providing a full year of literacy instruction at a first-grade skill level. ReadyMade® Curriculum Activities offer ready-to-use, grade-specific activities in language arts, math, social studies, and science. All IntelliTools software products are fully accessible for standard keyboard and mouse users as well as its IntelliKeys® adaptive keyboard and switch users.

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For more information contact:
Paula Irons, Director, Marketing
IntelliTools, Inc.
1720 Corporate Circle, Petaluma, CA 94954
(800) 899-6687; pirons@intellitools.com