\nThe Administrative Center provides for management of the TIM Tools suite of applications. <\/em><\/p>\n
Getting Started<\/strong><\/p>\n Customization<\/strong><\/p>\n Managing Members<\/strong><\/p>\n Working with Data<\/strong><\/p>\n TIM-O \/ TIM-LP \/ TIM-R<\/strong> Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n TIM-O<\/strong><\/p>\n TIM-R<\/strong><\/p>\n TIM-LP<\/strong><\/p>\n TUPS Opening and Closing the TUPS ARTI Action Research Tool Overview Report Tool Report Tool Dashboard Survey Tool Creating a New Survey TIM Tools Research Roundtable<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ specialty_columns=”3″][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”TTAG Header Blurb Text” _builder_version=”3.11″ saved_tabs=”all” global_module=”15999″ custom_padding=”||0px|”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text Body” _builder_version=”3.15″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Technology Integration Matrix Observation tool (TIM-O) is designed to help an observer identify the level of technology integration demonstrated in a lesson. Specifically, the TIM-O helps an evaluator identify observable patterns of student activity, teacher activity, and instructional settings that suggest levels of technology integration as described within the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM)<\/a> developed by FCIT. Because classrooms and other instructional settings are varied and complex, the tool allows the evaluator to adjust the identified levels based on careful consideration of the observation as a whole.<\/p>\n The TIM-O provides one type of data about how teachers integrate technology within a single lesson. This provides a snapshot, but not the whole picture. An effective teacher will vary the level and methods of technology integration depending on the goals of a particular lesson and the needs of a particular group of students. We recommend combining several different lesson observations using the TIM-O with other types of data before forming any conclusions about the professional development needs of a teacher.<\/p>\n Begin your observation from the TIM Tools Main Menu. Click the Observation Tool (TIM-O)<\/strong> tab on the main menu. The TIM-O Dashboard will open to the following screen.<\/p>\n The Dashboard includes a brief introduction to the TIM-O and a history of all previous observations you have made. If this is your first time using the TIM-O, your history list will be empty. To begin a new observation, click on New Observation<\/strong> in the TIM-O menu. The following screen will open.<\/p>\n There are two complementary methods for creating a TIM lesson profile within an observation. You may select whichever method best suits your previous experience and purpose. Either method will lead you to a summary screen where you can make holistic modifications to the levels and incorporate notes and document links into your observation.<\/p>\n Question-based Method.<\/strong> Lesson observations are based on the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM). Unless you are already very familiar with the TIM, we recommend that you use the question-based method. This method will ask you a series of questions about clearly observable activity in the classroom to determine the TIM profile for the lesson. Thanks to a sophisticated system of question branching and skip logic, you may often arrive at a completed profile after answering as few as five or six questions. Repeated use of the question-based method will help you to better understand the distinctions within the Technology Integration Matrix and, through practice, prepare you to use the matrix-based method in the future should you desire to do so.<\/p>\n Matrix-based Method.<\/strong> If you are very familiar with the Technology Integration Matrix and are comfortable with the observation protocol, you may choose to evaluate the levels of technology integration directly using the matrix-based method. 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\nThe TUPS is the perfect tool to use annually, or at the beginning and end of any technology project to measure the changes in how teachers relate to technology in their work. It supports teacher inquiry by providing the teacher with a tool for recording changes in classroom usage of technology. The information is also useful for planning technology infrastructure and support and getting a snapshot of the perceptions of teachers.<\/p>\n
\nTUPS Intro and Thank You Text
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\nThe ARTI tool provides a framework for teachers to design and conduct their own action research projects. ARTI takes teachers through the five basic steps of an action research project including: identification of a question, description of the context, data collection, analysis, and the creation of findings.<\/p>\n
\nAccessing School or District ARTI Data<\/p>\n
\nThe Report Tool allows a school or district to create new reports using the Report Builder. Choose the option to create new TIM-LP, TIM-O, TIM-R, or TUPS reports. Use the Report Tool Dashboard to review the number of complete, incomplete, published, and unpublished reports in your system. View all previous reports, along with newly created reports, in the Report List.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Survey Tool allows a school or district to create surveys on new topics as needed. The surveys can be offered to TIM members only or made available to the general public. Surveys can be built from scratch or users can start with a survey from the included library of sample surveys.<\/p>\n
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Figure 1. The TIM-O Dashboard includes an introduction and a history of observations.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TIM-Begin-1.jpg\")
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Figure 1. The TIM-O Dashboard includes an introduction and a history of observations.<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe Dashboard includes a brief introduction to the TIM-O and a history of\u00a0all previous observations you have made. If this is your first time using the TIM-O, your history list will be empty.\u00a0To\u00a0begin a new observation, click on\u00a0New Observation<\/strong> in the TIM-O menu. The following screen will open.\r\n\r\nFigure 2.\u00a0The New Observation window<\/em>. The first choice the observer makes is which of two\u00a0observation methods to use.<\/i>\r\n\r\nThere are two complementary methods for creating a TIM lesson profile within an observation.\u00a0You may select whichever method best suits your previous experience and purpose. Either method will lead you to a summary screen where you can make holistic modifications to the levels and incorporate notes and document links into your observation.\r\n\r\nQuestion-based Method.<\/strong>\u00a0Lesson observations are\u00a0based on the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM). Unless you are already very\u00a0familiar with the TIM, we recommend that you use the question-based method. This method will ask you a series of questions about clearly observable activity in the classroom to determine the TIM profile for the lesson. Thanks to a sophisticated system of question branching and skip logic, you may often arrive at a completed profile after answering\u00a0as few as five or six questions. Repeated use of the question-based method will help you to better understand the distinctions within the Technology Integration Matrix and, through practice, prepare you to use the matrix-based method in the future should you desire to do so.\r\n\r\nMatrix-based Method.<\/strong> If you are very familiar with the Technology Integration Matrix and are comfortable with the observation protocol, you may choose to evaluate the levels of technology integration directly using the matrix-based method. Using this method\u00a0can be faster than the question-based version, but requires a thorough familiarity with the TIM to maintain objectivity in the evaluation.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nContinue this tutorial using the Question-based Method. >>><\/a>\r\n\r\nContinue this tutorial using the Matrix-based Method. >>><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=\"Row\"][et_pb_column_inner type=\"1_2\" saved_specialty_column_type=\"3_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Previous Text\" _builder_version=\"3.11\" background_color=\"rgba(160,181,193,0.25)\" custom_padding=\"8px|8px|8px|8px\" border_radii=\"on|3px|3px|3px|3px\" border_width_all=\"1px\" border_color_all=\"#95b2c1\"]\r\n\r\n