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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″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” 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|” text_orientation=”left”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text Body” _builder_version=”3.12″]<\/p>\n The Technology Uses and Perceptions Survey provides essential information about the current teacher use and perceptions of technology. The results can be used to collect baseline data for special initiatives, inform technology purchase decisions, identify professional development needs, and facilitate coaching in the use of instructional technology. The TUPS looks at what teachers believe about the role of technology in the classroom, as well as their comfort and confidence with technology in general, with pedagogy of technology, with a variety of different specific technologies, and it also asks about the frequency that they use those technologies and the frequency with which their students use those technologies. The survey includes 200 items in seven categories and provides valuable data to guide school- and district-level decision-making. The survey sections include:<\/p>\n As part of the TIM Tools suite, the TUPS works from a common online database of user identities and permissions. User records can be added in batches or individually. Survey responses can be downloaded at any time for review. You can turn access to the survey on or off throughout the year and track completion of any user.<\/p>\n The survey data helps to target professional development efforts to meet the needs of teachers in your school or district. The survey helps identify how well prepared teachers are to integrate technology in meaningful ways. It also helps identify the technology professional development topics that teachers want and need.<\/p>\n The 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. Grant administrators can use pre and post comparisons for grant evaluation reports. 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 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Survey participants can log into their TIM Tools account and complete the survey sections in any order. If they log out before completing all sections, when they log back in again, they can pick up where they left off. Checkboxes in the sidebar menu indicate which sections have been completed. Some districts prefer to break the survey into multiple parts, for example they could administer the demographics and first three question sections during one month and then administer the remaining four sections during the following month. The TUPS is designed to provide complete flexibility for the client. In addition to turning sections on or off, individual questions can also be turned on or off. Furthermore, each individual question can be easily customized. 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\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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\nFigure 1. In addition to the seven sections of questions, the TUPS also includes a demographic and background section, which can be turned on or off. If users have already added any demographic information to their personal profile, that information will automatically prepopulate eliminating the need to enter the same information in two places.<\/i><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SkillsUsefulness.jpg\")
\nFigure 2. Part of the \u201cTechnology Skills and Usefulness\u201d section of the TUPS.<\/i><\/p>\n\n
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\nFigure 3. A district summary report output as a series of webpages.<\/i><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TUPS_PDF_Report.jpg\")
\nFigure 4. A district summary report output for printing. Reports formatted for print can also be saved as a PDF.<\/i><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/matrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/XLS_Template.jpg\")
\nFigure 5. Collage of worksheets from one TUPS report. The report is automatically generated when the raw data download is connected to the supplied TUPS Excel template. The template is a powerful tool in district decision-making due to the ease in which these summary charts and tables connect with the underlying data. A district professional development director, for example, might notice that 6% of the teachers responding indicated that they had very low skills using concept mapping software. Double-clicking the 6% cell will quickly bring up a list of teachers who can be targeted for PD in this area.<\/i><\/p>\n