ActiVAtED Learning
Activated Learning is a podcast dedicated to exploring innovative strategies and tools for activating students' potential and engagement in the digital age.
Led by experts in the fields of instructional technology, education, and cognitive science, each episode will delve into practical approaches, case studies, and inspiring success stories that showcase how technology can transform learning experiences.
Podcasting since 2024 • 12 episodes
ActiVAtED Learning
Latest Episodes
E12 Custodian to Classroom
In this episode we chat with instructional technologists at the 2023 VSTE conference and visit Ware Elementary in Staunton City, Virginia to meet a prospective teacher who started his career as a school custodian before being encouraged to beco...
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Episode 12
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E11 Sea Air and Land: The SeAL Robotics Competition
Suffolk Public Schools is the host of an annual robotics challenge sponsored by Penn State and the US Department of Defense. ActiVAtED Learning Host Tom Landon traveled to Suffolk to talk to Christine Lafferty and John Littlefield to learn more...
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Episode 11
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E10 Meet the Middle School Computer Science Teacher of the Year
Caren Daniels of Hugo Wilson Middle School in Chesapeake, VA is the 2023 Middle School Computer Science Teacher of the year. But her dedication to students goes well beyond the classroom, and she feels strongly that the most important skills ki...
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E9 Library Dogs and Drones
Blacksburg Middle School librarian Kelly Passek is the current president of the Virginia Association of School Librarians, and has a reputation as a library innovator. She went viral during the pandemic for a pioneering partnership with Wing, a...
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E8 Building a Virtual Reality Lab from Scratch
Logan Childress went from being a band teacher to setting up and running two Virtual Reality Labs for Bristol City Schools. He joined ActiVAtED Learning host Tom Landon in the lab at Virginia High School to talk about how he did it and what he'...
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