ActiVAtED Learning Podcast 
A Podcast produced in partnership with the Virginia Department of Education and in collaboration with the Virginia Society for Technology in Education. In each episode, host Tom Landon, Director of Educational Innovation for Blue Ridge PBS, talks to leading educators about what gets them energized and excited as we tell stories of using technology to inspire student engagement.  Listen or Watch!

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Computer Science Educator of the Year
On May 8, 2025, the Virginia Department of Education held a webinar to announce the winner of the 2025 Computer Science Educator of the Year. Three educators were named "Champions", and one overall winner, Dr. Deborah Crawford, was named as the 2025 Computer Science Educator of the Year. Congratulations to Dr. Crawford! 

Get Schooled Virtual Field Trips – Science Museum of Western Virginia
Visit CenterAdventure.org to get your free passport for these Center in the Square virtual field trips! This series of engaging videos cover a wide range of K-8 topics in the form of virtual field trips, interviews with scientists, and more!

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Getting Started in Virginia's Schools
This series of 3 videos is designed to help families whose first language is not English understand more about schools in Virginia, and what they and their students can expect when enrolling for the first time. 

Hands on Chemistry
This series of Chemistry demonstration videos won a 2022 Silver Telly Award for Education Programming and features McGlothlin Award-winning teacher Fred Mitchell from Carrol County High School in SW Virginia.

Hands on Health 
 A series of 7 videos covering CPR, Using AEDs, Treating Bleeding, Splints and Slings, Shock, Adult and Infant Choking, and Chain of Survival. These videos were produced for use in Virtual Virginia Health course.

Hands on Physics
This series, produced in collaboration with the Physics Demonstration Classroom at Virginia Tech, is designed to provide visual representations of key concepts in Physics that may be difficult to reproduce in a virtual or face to face classroom. All 16 videos are correlated to the Virginia Standards of Learning. Awarded a Telly Award in 2023 for outstanding educational media production.

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Master Class in Health, PE, and Driver Education
This playlist contains seven professional development videos for Health, Physical Education, and Driver Education teachers. Produced by PBS Appalachia-Virginia for the Virginia Department of Education, these programs help educators improve instruction and enable all students to succeed. 

Pip's Tips
Follow the magical woodland pixie, Pippy Pinewood (Pip), as she teaches kids how to be helpers, how to be safe, and most importantly how to have fun! Pip might even learn a few things herself along the way.

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Tour of Virginia's Governor's Schools 
Governor's Schools give students academic and visual and performing arts opportunities beyond those normally available in the students' home schools. Students are able to focus on a specific area of intellectual or artistic strength and interest and to study in a way that best suits the advanced learner's needs. 

Virginia Roots: Traditional Music and Arts 
Virginia Roots is an Emmy-winning production of Blue Ridge PBS and the Virginia Department of Education. The goal of the series is to help music and fine arts educators find a place for traditional music and crafts in the school curriculum, and to help everyone understand the place of mountain music in the broader culture. New season now available featuring pottery, engraving, basket making, quilting and gourd painting!

What Parents Need to Know: Vaping/Gambling 
This playlist contains resources for parents who are interested in protecting the health of their children, and for school divisions tasked with sharing parent education resources within their region. All resources were produced in partnership with the Virginia Department of Education and Health Education experts.

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