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04/16/2025

Workforce Development is a key goal of Virginia's schools, and this week on the ActiVAtED Learning podcast we visit Danville's Institute for Advanced Learning and Research to meet the folks behind GoTec, a state of the art career exploration curriculum and hands on lab being used by kids in many Virginia school divisions. Premiering today on ECHO!
www.activatedlearningpodcast.com

04/15/2025

The Street Performer Expo in downtown Roanoke is May 9-11. Learn more about its founder and street performing in general by watching this episode of What it Takes!
Full episode here: https://youtu.be/UCXvfDnWsXU

04/02/2025

On the latest episode we learn about the importance of collaboration between technology coaches and classroom teachers. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

03/19/2025

A new episode of the ActiVAtED Learning podcast is out! We traveled to Virginia Beach to learn about a student produced podcast helping military families, and then to Atlee High School in Hanover County to sit down with Avanti Yamamoto, the 2025 Virginia Teacher of the Year!

03/05/2025

AI can evoke fear in the hearts of educators, so on this edition of our ActiVAtED Learning podcast we visit Louisa County, where superintendent Doug Straley and CTE Director Kenny Bouwen share how they've embraced AI to improve instruction. Available wherever you get your podcasts today!

02/24/2025

Applications are Now Open for the VSTE Certified Coach Program! Join the fastest growing network of certified coaches in Virginia! The VSTE Certified Coach program ( ) is now accepting applicati…

02/05/2025

On the latest 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.

Watch this program on ECHO TV, or listen wherever you get your podcasts!

01/13/2025

Here's a peek at our latest Out and About hiking video - this time we climb Old Rag in Shenandoah National Park, which really kicked our hiney! link to full video in bio. Virginia Hiking Adventures, Mountain Shepherd Adventure School Blue Ridge PBS

01/08/2025

A new episode of our technology-focused podcast just dropped today. Give it a listen and if you like it, please subscribe, wherever you get your podcasts!

12/26/2024

Just outside of Lewisburg, WV is Beartown, a small state park. We visited for the latest episode of Out and About, which is sponsored by Mountain Shepherd Adventure School in Craig County, VA.

12/20/2024

Need a break? Beartown is a pocket park located atop Droop Mountain in WV. We visited and produced this short video (link to the full video in comments).

12/11/2024

We had a fantastic time at talking about the ActiVAtED Learning podcast and helping educators improve the production quality of their own pods. We are already scheming for next year! Thanks Tina, for the special custom friendship bracelet!

https://www.activatedlearningpodcast.com/

12/08/2024

Rise and shine for the VSTE Conference in Virginia Beach, where we will be recording future episodes of the ActiVAtED Learning Podcast!
Visit https://www.blueridgepbs.org/educational-resources/activated-learning/ for episodes!

12/04/2024

Did you know that Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge has secured the 2025 and 2026 National Endurance Mountain Biking Championships for Roanoke? Thousands of bikers will learn first hand why Roanoke calls itself America's East Coast Mountain Biking Capital, and you can learn more on this week's edition of What it Takes, airing at 7:30 tonight on and available on demand on the Blue Ridge PBS ECHO channel.

11/23/2024

We are proud of the work we are doing to keep the spotlight on flood damage in Damascus Virginia.

11/06/2024

What happens in rural Virginia matters, but sometimes federal and state programs seem to be designed as "one size fits all." This week on What it Takes we talk to two guests from the Virginia Tech Center for Rural Education about the work they do to make sure that rural students have the same opportunities as kids who go to schools with more funding and opportunities. It airs at 7:30 tonight on Blue Ridge PBS and is available online at the link in the comments.

10/30/2024

Tonight at 7:30 on Blue Ridge PBS: Join us as we talk to entrepreneurs from NokeVan Co., a Roanoke start up that is building customized vans in the Riverdale complex for customers all over America. We'll talk about the challenges of starting a company from scratch and explore the reasons for a boom in van life. The show is also available online on the ECHO Channel at https://youtu.be/N0m8i-4x1fQ

10/29/2024

The best way to start a day… hanging with elementary schoolers as they read the credits for the new season of our podcast, ActiVAtEd Learning, premiering in December on ECHO.

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