Kathleen Fugle of Fairfax County Public Schools didn't know how much she loved instructional technology until she attended a workshop with her own children, and didn't know that it would one day lead to her being named the Virginia Computer Science Educator of the Year. Tom Landon sat down with Kathleen at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School to talk about her journey as an educator and what gets her excited about teaching.

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Victor Spadaro went to school to be a PE teacher and thought he'd return home to NY State to take over from his high school cross country coach when he retired, but instead relocated to Arlington, Virginia where Mr. Spadaro was recently named the Southern District Elementary PE Teacher of the Year. Through drumming, dance, and innovative games, he encourages movement in a way that includes all students.

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Michael Carter grew up the son of a successful plumber and never considered that he might one day be not only a teacher, but the National Plumbing Teacher of the Year. But after 7 years of teaching at Gar-Field High in Prince William County, he wouldn't want it any other way. We spoke to him in his active classroom. On this episode of ActiVAtED Learning we'll also meet Morgan Nooney, who was named one of the Virginia Society of Technology in Education's Technology Coaches of the Year.

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