Using the TIM to Support Teacher Reflective Practice
This post is the first in a series focusing on teacher reflective practice and how the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) and TIM Tools can be used to support this key element of a teacher’s professional growth. While it’s tempting to go into an academic treatise on...
Characteristic Dominance: A Key to Targeting Professional Development
As part of the TIM Tools suite, the Technology Integration Matrix Observation Tool, known as the TIM-O, is a framework for guiding the observation and evaluation of a lesson. It can be used for in-person, online, and hybrid lessons. When a lesson observation is...
Level Prevalence: A Snapshot of Typical Teacher Classroom Technology Use
Over the last few months, we have published a series of posts entitled “Getting the Most from your TIM Observation Data.” The purpose of this series is to guide you in making the best use of the data from your TIM Observations in support of targeting...
Using the TUPS to Target Professional Development
As part of the TIM Tools suite, the Technology Uses and Perceptions Survey (TUPS) provides information on teacher beliefs about and perceptions of technology in instruction as well as current instructional uses. Comprised of 200 items, the TUPS is often used for...
Quick and Easy Check-Ins with the Survey Tool
In our recent conversations with teachers and educational leaders at various levels, two things came through loud and clear: everyone is working at maximum capacity to maintain instructional continuity, and the last thing teachers need is another philosophical tome...
Ramp Up Your PD Today
Effective use of technology, as described by FCIT’s Technology Integration Matrix (TIM), is more important now than ever. As your teachers move to, or increase their use of, online instruction it is critical that you offer support and guidance. The TIM Tools...
Leveraging Your TIM Tools
Many schools and districts are scrambling to support teachers who suddenly find themselves teaching online for the very first time. In addition, of course, to the technical challenges, schools and districts have an enormous professional development and support...
Flexibility: A Teacher’s Range of Technology Integration Levels
Several months ago we started a new series entitled “Getting the Most from your TIM Observation Data.” The purpose of this series is to help you leverage the data from TIM Observations so that you can gain a deeper understanding of the technology-related strengths and...
Highest Levels Observed: The High Watermark for an Observation
In October, we started a new series entitled “Getting the Most from your TIM Observation Data.” The purpose of this series is to provide more detailed explanations of the various concepts included in the TIM-O report, including information on how the data are derived...
Extensity: A Teacher’s Highest Integration Level
This month we will begin a new series entitled “Getting the most from your TIM Observation Data.” A careful consideration of your TIM-O data will give you a deeper understanding of the technology-related strengths and needs of your teachers so you can more...
TIM-Powered Research and Evaluation
We recently updated our our published research page to include several ways we are seeing the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) used in research studies. In this post I would like to give a little more information about each of these approaches, as well as some best...
Leveraging TIM Tools Roles for Research and Evaluation
The addition of customizable roles in TIM Tools v6.0 has made it convenient to create and track different groups when evaluating technology initiatives, PD programs, or other interventions. The new roles feature defines eight different sets of permissions, or roles,...
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