
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.
Episodes
16 episodes
E16 Leading With Compassion: Activated Learning
In this episode of the ActiVAtED Learning podcast we travel to Norfolk to speak to Delrose Adkinson, an assistant principal who's on the "20 to Watch" list put out by ISTE and was a keynote speaker at the 2024 VSTE Conference.For a vide...
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30:28

E15 Blast Off With NASA Resources
Betsy McAllister is the STEM Teacher Specialist with Hampton City Schools, and she's also the Teacher in Residence with the National Institute of Aerospace. In that role she helps connect scientists at NIA and NASA with classroom teachers and s...
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24:04

E14 Using Virtual Reality in a Rural School
Goochland County Director of Instructional Innovation joins host Tom Landon for a discussion about how this small school division is using Virtual Reality applications to provide students a rich educational experience.For a video versio...
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31:09

E13 Virtual Cadavers at Prince Edward County High School
The Anatomage table is an advanced real-human-based education system that utilizes scans of actual cadavers to help students understand the systems of our bodies through 3D modeling. ActiVAtED Learning host Tom Landon visited Prince Edward Coun...
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Episode 1
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22:24

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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29:04

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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28:52

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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Episode 10
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33:39

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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Episode 9
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34:42

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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Episode 8
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29:40

E7 Building a Mobile Tech Lab
When two newly-minted instructional technology resource teachers went to the administration in Washington County, Virginia with an idea for a mobile technology lab, they were met with a resounding YES, after which they had to figure out how to ...
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Episode 7
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25:04

E6 Giving Students More Control: Yvette Lee, J.R. Tucker High School
On this episode we travel to Henrico County to visit with Yvette Lee of J.R. Tucker High School. Mrs. Lee is a finalist for the 2023 Presidential Award for Math and Science Teaching sponsored by the White House and the National Science Foundati...
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Episode 6
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30:14

E5 The Incredible Teamwork at Rocky Run Elementary
During the pandemic, Rocky Run Elementary School in Stafford County, Virginia formed a team of teachers, learning specialists and their instructional technology resource teacher to tackle the challenges of remote learning. Now, two years later ...
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Episode 5
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35:19

E4 Katie Fielding and Chris Bugaj Discuss Assistive Technologies
Katie Fielding is a STEM Coach for Prince William County Schools, and Chris Bugaj is an author and Assistive Technologist in Loudon County, VA. Host Tom Landon sat down with them at the 2023 VSTE conference, where Katie shared her exper...
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Episode 4
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30:18

E3 Emily Burrell, Advanced Mathematics Teacher
Emily Burrell has been a math teacher for over two decades and currently teaches at South Lakes High School in Fairfax, Virginia. In addition to teaching advanced mathematics she loves working with students in her Algebra Functions and Data Ana...
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Episode 3
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30:05

E2 Dr. Lisa Coons, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dr. Lisa Coons served in multiple leadership roles in K-12 education before being appointed Virginia superintendent of public instruction. She most recently served as chief academic officer for the Tennessee Department of Education, where she l...
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Episode 2
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27:12

E1 Dr. Catlin Tucker, Blended Learning Expert
Dr. Catlin Tucker is a leading Blended Learning expert who has helped teachers all over the world to personalize instruction and shift to sustainable student-centered workflows. ActiVAtED Learning host Tom Landon sat down with Catlin at the 202...
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Episode 1
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