Welcome

=Welcome to the NSHS Flipped Classroom Sandbox! =

**//Sandbox//**: a safe place for teachers to experiment and create using new technology.

**//Flipped Classroom//:** a model of education in which the lecture-based content is delivered to students through pod or vodcasts as homework, enabling classroom time to be devoted to hands-on problem-solving, creating and collaborating with support from the teacher. If you want to read more about this approach to teaching, visit our **Learning** page.


 * //Wiki //****:** a website that allows users to add, modify or delete its content over the Internet using any Internet browser. A wiki is typically created collaboratively by its users.

The NSHS Flipped Classroom Sandbox is a virtual and physical space for teachers to explore and work together, seek assistance from the ITS, and try out new technologies for use in flipping their classrooms.

Our Facility
Our physical space is a faculty-only environment located in room 211 within the NSHS library and is staffed by Jennifer Dimmick, NSHS's ITS. This room has 6 desktop iMac computers with a wide array of software installed for use in creating and editing pod and vodcasts. We also have equipment that can be checked out to help you in your quest to flip your classroom, including: iPod Touches with audio and video recording capabilities, tripods to use with iPod Touches when recording classroom/teaching activity, USB headsets for use in recording noise-free screencasts from your own computer, and USB microphones for use in recording students from classsroom computers. In addition to providing tutoring support for teachers seeking to incorporate technology into their classrooms, the NSHS Flipped Classroom Sandbox hosts several workshops throughout the year on current technology applications. To see a list of our workshops, visit our **Calendar** page.

Our Wiki
Our wiki is a collaboratively built website by NSHS teachers devoted to topics related to flipping the classroom. We here at the sandbox have kicked it off by creating pages devoted to the following topics: We encourage you to become a member of this wiki so that you can add your own contributions to any and all of these pages, and become an active member of our **Discussion** forum. This wiki is open to membership by all NSHS faculty.
 * **Learning** about the flipped classroom
 * Resources on the Internet for finding **Videos ** that have been created by other teachers or education professionals
 * **Software ** and web 2.0 tools for creating pod and vodcasts
 * **Common Core** implementation resources for teachers (a LiveBinder prepared for you by the ITS staff)
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Discussion** forum for NSHS teachers to post their thoughts, questions and experiences with flipping their classrooms
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Calendar** of sandbox workshops offered