Picking the best plan for your classroom
Choose the respective tool and follow the steps below to evaluate your upcoming lesson or a lesson that has passed.
Pick a Type of Learning Environment
What types of learning will take place?
Active
Students are actively engaged in educational activities where technology is a transparent tool used to generate and accomplish objectives and learning.
Collaborative
Students use technology to understand content and add meaning to their learning.
Constructive
Students use technology tools to collaborate with others.
Authentic
Students use technology tools to solve real-world problems meaningful to them, such as digital citizenship.
Goal Directed
Students use technology tools to research data, set goals, plan activities, monitor progress, and evaluate results.
Pick a Level of Technology Integration
What will the technology usage look like?
Entry
The teacher uses technology to deliver curriculum content to students.
Adoption
The teacher directs students in the conventional use of tool-based software. If such software is available, this level is recommended.
Adaptation
The teacher encourages adaptation of tool-based software by allowing students to select a tool and modify its use to accomplish the task at hand.
Infusion
The teacher consistently provides for the infusion of technology tools with understanding, applying, analyzing, and evaluating learning tasks.
Transformation
The teacher cultivates a rich learning environment, where blending choice of technology tools with student-initiated investigations, discussions, compositions, or projects, across any content area, is promoted.
Discover Your Lesson Plan
Active - Entry
Students select technology tools to facilitate and enhance collaboration in all aspects of their learning.
What are the next steps for developments with the Matrix?
Districts and schools are encouraged to use the TIM in the context of technology integration goal development and associated professional development planning. Through regular classroom observation and targeted professional development activities, teachers will be able to effectively monitor their progress through the Arizona TIM continuum of technology integration levels.
