Technology Integration Planning (TIP) Model

The Technology Integration Planning Model or TIP is used amongst teachers as a resource to find new strategies and materials that would benefit a learning experience with digital technologies. Another valuable part to the TIP model is identifying and addressing challenges in integrating technology and teaching.

There are three phases in the TIP model that implement meaning, efficiency, and success in terms of meeting the needs of students.
Phase 1: Analysis of Learning and Teaching Needs. This phase includes two analysis steps: Will a technology-based method offer relative advantage? What is my technological pedagogical content knowledge?
Phase 2: Planning for Integration. This phase involves teachers planning and carrying out instruction, assessing students, and creating an environment that support technology integration. How will I know students have learned? What teaching strategies and activities will work best? Are essential conditions in place to support technology integration? Are essential conditions in place to support technology integration?
Phase 3: Post-Instruction Analysis and Revisions. Teachers are always planning and extends further to prepare for the next time integration is used. What worked well? What could be improved? Revisions.

Phase 1 Analysis of Learning and Teaching Needs

The classroom environment problems are analyzed in terms of using technology based strategies and how these can be addressed. The various steps to implement this phase of the model are listed:
Step 1: Determining relative advantage. What is the problem? This is addressed by not focusing on non use of technologies and looking for evidence. Do technology-based methods offer a solution with sufficient relative advantage? The following guidelines should be used to determine what method as direct or constructivist: Use directed strategies when students need an efficient way to learn skills. Use constructivist strategies when students needs to develop global skills. "Is technology a good solution?" can be answered by the following guidelines: Estimate the impact- consider the benefits of using technology. Consider the required effort and expense.
Step 2: Tech-Pack Assessment. Content, pedagogy, and technology are analyzed by asking: What is my content knowledge? What is my knowledge or pedagogy?

Phase 2 Planning for Integration 

This phase focuses on making decisions on outcomes and addressing integration strategies

Step 3: Decide on objectives and assessments. Examples of outcomes include: Higher achievement outcome, Cooperative work outcome, Attitude outcome, and Improved motivation. Teachers should assess their objectives by asking: What outcomes do I expect from using new methods? What are the best ways of assessing these outcomes?
Step 4: Design Integration strategies. Decisions to consider implementing this step include: What kind of content approach is needed? What grouping approach should be used? How can I prepare students to use technologies?
Step 5: Prepare the instructional environment. Some things to consider for this step include: What equipment, software, media, and materials are needed to carry out the various strategies? How should the resources be arranged to support both learning and instruction? What planning for resources is needed?

Phase 3 Post- Instruction Analysis and Revisions

 To implements success of the strategies used, the following questions should be addressed: 

Step 6: Analyze results. Were the objectives achieved? What do students say? Could results be improved by improving instructional strategies? Have I integrated technology well?
Step 7: Make revisions.

Information collected from Chapter 2: Theory Into Practice. Foundations for Effective Technology Integration.