\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 <<< See \u201cTIM-O: Beginning an Observation\u201d<\/a> for the introduction to this tutorial.<\/p>\n To create a TIM lesson profile using the question-based method, check the second radio button for Matrix-based<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Select the school where you will be doing the observation. The dropdown Select School<\/strong> menu will present you with a list of all schools where you have been assigned as an observer.<\/p>\n Next, select the teacher\u2019s name from the Select Teacher<\/strong> dropdown list. This list will be populated with every teacher at the selected school who has been entered into the TIM system.<\/p>\n Always keep in mind that the unit of observation in the TIM-O is the lesson<\/em>, not the teacher<\/em>. You are selecting the name of the teacher whose lesson<\/em> your are about to observe.<\/p>\n When you have made your selections for method, school, and teacher, click the Begin an Observation<\/strong> button. A blank Matrix of Summary Indicators<\/strong> will appear.<\/p>\n After careful observation of the lesson, simply click within one box in each row to select the levels you observed for each of the five characteristics. Your choices will highlight and will be recorded in the system. You can change your selections as many times as you wish. Remember, you are determining your choices based on classroom activity that you can readily observe. It is a profile for that particular lesson, not a profile for the teacher. You may happen to know that the teacher whose lesson you are observing is capable of presenting a lesson at the Infusion level for Active Learning, but if the particular lesson you are observing is at the Entry level for Active Learning, then that is the cell you should check. As you select cells in the Matrix, the background will highlight as shown below.<\/p>\n As you are determining the level for each of the characteristics, you may find that you need more information than is provided in the high-level summary the matrix view provides. In that case, select Lesson Detailed Indicators<\/strong> in the menu to reveal a sub-menu listing each of the five characteristics. Click any of the characteristics and you will see extended descriptors for the teacher, the student, and the setting at each level as shown below for the Active characteristic.<\/p>\n The Lesson<\/strong> Detailed Indicators<\/strong> windows work just like the overall Matrix window. You can click in any cell to select it. You may go back and forth among the five indicators and change your selections as ofter as you would like. When you have made selections for each of the five characteristics, go back to the Lesson Summary Indicators<\/strong> to see all of your choices on one screen.<\/p>\n From this point forward, the process is the same to complete an observation using either the question-based or matrix-based method.<\/p>\n Tutorial continues with the page, “TIM-O: Finishing an Observation” >>><\/a><\/p>\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″]<\/p>\n\n
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\nThe TIM-O is designed to guide principals, teachers, and others through the process of evaluating the level of technology integration within a particular lesson and helps provide a clear picture of the professional development needed to support further technology integration. Two variations of the TIM-O are available within TIM Tools. The TIM-R allows for teacher reflection and the TIM-LP is used for lesson plan review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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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
\nCustomizing TUPS Sections and Items
\nAccessing School or District TUPS Data
\nTUPS Report Template<\/p>\n
\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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\nCreating a New Report – Report Builder<\/p>\n
\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
\nCustomizing a Library Survey
\nViewing Survey Results<\/p>\nTIM Tools Administration Guide<\/h1>\n
TIM-O: Matrix-Based Method<\/h2>\n
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Figure 1. Selecting the teacher to observe after the school selection has been made.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MM-2.jpg\")
Figure 2. The Technology Integration Matrix with no selections yet made.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mm-3.jpg\")
Figure 3. The cells will highlight as you make your selections.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mm-4.jpg\")
Figure 4. Detailed indicators for the students, teacher, and setting will help you to select the most appropriate level for each characteristic.<\/em><\/p>\n