As stated before, the TIP model can be used by teachers to help them choose the best strategies and materials to use for a lesson. There are three phases involved in the TIP model, with seven steps in total to follow when integrating technology into the lesson.

Phase 1: Analysis of Learning and Teaching Needs

This first phase in the TIP model requires teachers to do a brief and intial assessment of their classroom to see what technological materials may be needed to help students learn the information being presented to them. There is a lot of technology out there, but it's all used for different content and for different ways to teach the content. There are two steps in this phase:

• Step 1: Determine relative advantage - determine if the technology is needed or if it will offer an advantage over teaching without the technology
• Step 2: Assess Tech-PACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge) - teachers must have a good balance of knowing content, knowing how to teach the content in an efficient way, and knowing what tools they are going to use to teach the information

Phase 2: Planning for Integration

Once you have assessed that your class will benefit from technology, it is time to work on integration. This is one of the more difficult steps, as doing a poor job in integrating technology can cause a negative reaction in your students and hinder their ability to learn the information you are trying to teach. This phase has three steps:

• Step 3: Decide on objectives and assessments - teachers must decide on what they want their students to know by the end of the lesson, and how to best assess students to know if the students have taken in all of the information
• Step 4: Design integration strategy - teachers need to decide what strategies will work best when it comes to integrating the technology into the lesson
• Step 5: Prepare instructional environment - the environment must be ideal for the use of technology being implemented in the classroom, meaning are there enough tools (computers, tablets, etc.) needed for the implementation, is there enough room for the teacher to walk around and help anyone who needs help, etc.

Phase 3: Post-Instruction Analysis and Revisions

Once the lesson is finished, how are teachers supposed to know what worked and what needs changing? This is where phase three in the TIP model comes in handy. There are two steps in this phase:

• Step 6: Analyze results - make sure that all of the students understood what was taught during the lesson by asking questions after the lesson or giving a short test or worksheet
• Step 7: Make revisions - if the majority of students have trouble with certain parts of what was taught, revise the lesson plan, adding or getting rid of technological materials that may help or have hindered the students learning