\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 Now that you have a completed TIM profile for the lesson from either the question-based or matrix-based method, it\u2019s time to add comments and document links, and preview your observation. You can also download a PDF of the observation or email it to the teacher you\u2019ve observed.<\/p>\n Comments<\/strong> should be added to an observation whenever possible. Constructive comments go a long way in positioning a TIM observation as a welcome coaching exercise rather than a teacher receiving a \u201cgrade\u201d for a lesson. Some districts will require observers to include comments. If your school or district is committed to using the Question Based method of observation and, for good reason, you decide to tweak the resulting profile, you can use the comments field to explain your changes. You might add, for example, \u201cAlthough the resulting TIM profile indicated the Adoption level for the Collaborative characteristic, I changed that to the Adaptation level because I saw some beginning examples of student choice in this area that the question-based result didn\u2019t capture. I would encourage you to provide additional opportunities for student choice regarding collaboration tools in future lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n A decision is sometimes made at the school or district level to record additional information about observed lessons. Perhaps the district wants to capture whether the Internet or a particular piece of technology is used in each observed lesson. Or the district might want to use each observation as an opportunity, for example, to document the extent to which a particular online service is used so that decisions may be made around extending or terminating a subscription. Since this is an open text field, any sort of additional data may be collected in conjunction with an observation. If some sort of standardized format is used in the text (e.g., \u201cVidService=yes\u201d or “VidService=no\u201d), it will be fairly easy to search all published observations to collect the data.<\/p>\n There are three sources that will help an observer when it comes to writing constructive comments that will benefit the teacher.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. My Notes on This Observation<\/strong>. Many observers find it\u2019s easier to take rough field notes than try to write up finished comments in the field, particularly on a handheld device. If you don\u2019t have to worry about spelling or complete sentences, you can keep your focus on the lesson. Perhaps you prefer to enter the final Comments at your desk where you have a full-sized keyboard. Anything you\u2019ve entered into My Notes on this Observation is visible only to you. You may want to take notes to yourself about a follow-up observation or the sort of coaching you plan to implement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Lesson Detailed Indicators<\/strong>. If formal comments are expected with each observation, you may wish to copy appropriate sections of text from the extended descriptors tab and paste them into the notes field to give yourself a head start on comment writing. Just be sure to click the Save Notes<\/strong> or Save Comments<\/strong> buttons as needed before you navigate away to the Indicators<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. My TIM-O Notes<\/strong>. Every observer has a separate My TIM-O Notes<\/strong> file available from the TIM-O menu. Since new observations open in a new tab, it\u2019s easy to switch back and forth between the current observation and the My TIM-O Notes<\/strong> window. In addition to contact info, bell schedules, and other practical information you like to have with you when doing an observation, this is a great place to save some typical comments that you can copy here and paste into the Comments field of an observation. Whereas the My Notes on This Observation<\/strong> are your personal notes regarding that one observation, the My TIM-O Notes<\/strong> are available to you from any observation you\u2019re working on so it\u2019s the perfect place to store boilerplate text for comments.<\/p>\n Document Links<\/strong> allow the observer to link appropriate lesson artifacts to the observation. Links might point to an online plan for the lesson observed, a class website of student work, or lesson content posted to video or photo sharing services. You can link any number of documents to the observation. Each link should have a descriptive title and a complete URL. Just add the title in the Title<\/strong> field, the address in the URL<\/strong> field, and click the Add Link<\/strong> button. The system checks to make sure that the URL is properly formatted and will alert you if it is not. Links are saved automatically. Any link already added can be edited by typing directly in the text field, or removed by clicking the Remove Link<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n When you are finished with comments and links, select Observation Preview<\/strong> to see what your observation will look like. From this screen you can select the options to Download or Print PDF of Results<\/strong> or Email PDF to Teacher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n An observation is NOT PUBLISHED until the observer publishes it. Each time you start an observation it is added to your Dashboard<\/strong> and listed as Not Published<\/strong>. If you started a dozen observations in a single day, they would all display in the Dashboard as Not Published. It is not until you toggle the Not Published \/ Published<\/strong> button that the observation is released to the system. 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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
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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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\nViewing Survey Results<\/p>\nTIM Tools Administration Guide<\/h1>\n
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Figure 1. A completed lesson profile. On the menu, you\u2019ll see links for Notes and Comments, Document Links, and Observation Preview.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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Figure 2. Observation comments on left, rough notes on right.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MyTimoNotes.jpg\")
Figure 3. An observer\u2019s My TIM-O Notes. The observer has added the bell schedule, a few content links to recommend, the names of teachers awaiting observation, and a list of words the district is encouraging observers to use in comments.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DocLinks.jpg\")
Figure 4. The observer has added one document link. Each time a new link is entered, it is added to the bottom of the list.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Preview.jpg\")
Figure 5. Left: Observation Preview screen displaying the TIM profile and comments. Right: Corresponding PDF.<\/em><\/p>\n