In this episode of Design Cast I sit down with Mr. Ashton Simmonds. He is Australian and currently works as an MYP Design teacher in Japan. Designer by trade, Ashton later discovered that he enjoyed teaching. Like so many of my guests, he started down one path and somewhere along the way switched over to teaching Design. We talk about his school, students and projects he is working on. Two points of interest to look out for are the way he is able to try out high-end 3D printers and the project h...
Sep 19, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 8
On this episode of Design Cast I had the pleasure of speaking to Mr. Jon Halligan. He has held multiple roles from teacher to school leadership. Jon worked in multiple education institutions from primary to tertiary, state and private, from the UK to the UAE. For the last 5 years, Jon worked as the Head of Development & Recognition for the IBO in The Hague. Jon has several startup projects that he is currently working on and we talk about those in this episode. A lot of what we talked about ...
Sep 12, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
On this episode of Design Cast I had the honor of speaking with Mr. Andy Richardson. I connected with Andy via social media and through mutual colleagues. He is an Industrial Arts and Design Technology Teacher at Northfield Public Schools District # 659 in St Paul, Minnesota. Andy just completed a six year stent at the Lincoln Community School in Ghana, West Africa where he was the Head of Design. During this time in Ghana, Andy successfully planned and implemented several maker faires in the sc...
Sep 05, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 6
On this episode of Design Cast I had the pleasure of speaking with Linda Keane. I connected with Linda after reading a few of her published articles on the subject of ‘Design Education’. She is Professor of Architecture & Environmental Design At The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an eLearning Entrepreneur with the NEXT.cc. She promotes environmental education awareness within the context of a STEAM curricular framework. This episode is really different as when we spoke, she share...
Aug 29, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 5
On this episode of Design Cast I had the honor of speaking with Mr. Craig Frehlich. I have known Craig for a while; however, we have collaborated together on several podcast and livestream events in the last 6 months. His work with VR is commendable and trendsetting. I very much enjoyed our conversation that centered mostly around the uses of VR in schools, but we touch on several other topics. His book is available for pre-order now! If you would like to get in touch with Craig you can check ou...
Aug 22, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this episode of Design Cast I had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Suhail Khan. Mr. Khan is a relatively new teacher to the profession, but has lots of experience beyond time in the classroom. We talk about a range of topics, but what was most interesting about our chat was the time spent talking about how he has used Food Design as a service activity in Pune, India. I am sure that you will all enjoy listening to it as much as did speaking with him about it. I would like to ask everyone who ...
Aug 15, 2020•24 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On this episode of Design Cast, I chat with my long time colleague and friend, David Ardley. Dave and I met in the summer of 2006 when he was the workshop leader of a DP Design Technology course that I participated in. The training was amazing and we have kept in touch and collaborated ever since! Our friendship is another reason why the ‘design’ education field globally is such an awesome opportunity to be active. In this chat, Dave and I discuss a whole range of topics, but as the discussion m...
Aug 08, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On this episode of Design Cast, I speak to Jarrett Dunbar. Jarrett started his career as an industrial designer and moved into teaching later. I worked with Jarrett over the past 2 years and enjoyed his spirit of collaboration and life-long learning! He is now headed to the American School in Rio. We talk about all kinds of topics, but find focus in talking about Biomimicry. This is a field that has been gaining more traction in the last few years as a way to find inspiration in nature and the n...
Aug 01, 2020•24 min•Season 3Ep. 1
On this episode of Design Cast, I speak to Jodey Smith. Jodey describes his job as ‘Podcast Launch Coach’ and listening to his journey was fascinating. He discusses his experiences and gives his take on launching and being consistent as a podcaster. He recommends that listeners follow: @cliffeotc - Cliff Ravenscraft @48DaysTeam - Dan Miller and the 48 Days Team He highly recommends RODECaster Pro for podcasting! https://www.rode.com/rodecasterpro...
May 17, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 13
On this special family edition of Design Cast, I have the awesome opportunity to talk with my brother, Tyler Reagin. He is the founder and CEO of The Life Giving Company (lifegiving.co). He is the author of The Life-Giving Leader (Oct 2018) and a 2nd leadership book due out March 2021. He was the President of Catalyst, a leadership development organization that exists to unify and equip leaders who love the Church through resources and experiential events. At its core, Catalyst is a community of...
May 09, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 12
On this episode of Design Cast, I am joined by Matt Zarb. Matt is the Head of Technologies and Design at Helena College, Perth, Western Australia. We have a great chat about all things ‘design’ including his interesting journey to arrive at the point where he is now! Helena College is located on the outskirts of greater Perth. Matt recommends that we follow: Lenny Dutton @LennyDutton Jon Spencer @spencerideas #aussieEd #Whatisschool Read: Building School 2.0 You can follow Matt at @mattoman71 on...
May 02, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This episode I sit down with Evo Hannan. Evo is passionate about design and innovation in education. Innately driven by his desire to create positive change and a passion for design, Evo has utilised his 19 years of educational experience to channel into passion projects which have made an impact across the globe. EvoHannan.com @evo_hannan (Twitter) IG - Project.Decade -- 7 Days Sessions EDTalks Live from Dubai Spark Tank - Dwight Dubai Inspired by: James Dyson Norman Foster Steve Jobs Elon Musk...
Apr 26, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 10
On this episode of Design Cast, I am honored to have Lenny Dutton-Williams on talking about her journey to where she is now AND some super secret news that you will only hear on Design Cast! Lenny founded and organizes the wildly popular, ' IB Educator Zooms '! We talk about a whole host of topics; nevertheless, here are the links to the apps and websites that we chatted about: Parlay Boom-Writer #MYPChat Free Tech For Teachers Edutopia Project Zero Disney in the Classroom SCAD - Themed Entertai...
Apr 19, 2020•41 min
In this episode, I speak to Alex Braden, EdTech Coach and Design teacher at Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus. He shared with me his successes and struggles in starting and building a new Design program. The added stress of the COVID19 situation has made this very difficult. Please follow Alex on Twitter @AlexMBraden As always please like and subscribe! #DesignGuy #DesignCast #MYPDesign #DesignThinking
Apr 16, 2020•26 min
I am joined by Jon Peterson and Kurt Carlson from the IB Matter Podcast for a double recording! Jon and Kurt chatted with me about all things to do with MYP Design and the Career-related Programme. I was able to ask some questions as well!! I hope that you enjoy our chat as much as we did... You can find out more on the IB Matters Podcast Website !
Apr 11, 2020•47 min
This episode has Dr. Jennifer Chang Wathall joining me to talk about how the current global situation has changed the way teachers are professionally developed. While we discussed many things, the most talked about topic was: #transformlearning #transformpedagogy Follow Jennie on twitter @JenniferWathall The two books that she mentions are: eLearning Ecologies Deep Learning...
Apr 04, 2020•32 min
Design Cast #11 - Creating an Online Presence as an Educator! Join me and an expert panel of guests as we talk about how educators can leverage the power of social media! Follow the guests here: Kevin O'Shea - https://www.facebook.com/makingbetterteachers/ Sethi De Clercq - https://www.youtube.com/c/flippedclassroomtutorials Michael Coleman - https://www.youtube.com/user/GTcO/featured Please leave a voice message about this or any other episode! I would love to include it in a future episode!...
Mar 28, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 5
I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Terry Linton on March 18, 2020. He is the Director of Curriculum at Beanstalk Education Group in Beijing, China. We discussed a whole host of things, but most importantly, Terry was able to lend insight into how senior leaders in a school plan for the implementation of teaching and learning in a school. He also shared his perceptions of how outsiders might see a "design" program in a school. He gives some suggestions to making your design program shine! I h...
Mar 19, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 4
As an educator, have you ever wanted to start your own podcast? Have you thought about using podcasting as a teaching tool? Tune in to hear how these podcasting educator all-stars got their start and hear their tips and tricks that can help you! Guests: Sara Candela @Scandela9 Kim Hogg @mskhogg Alex McMillan @MrAlexEdTech Briana Samuelson Jason Reagin @diskon4no Guests' Podcasts: From Bell 2 Bell - http://frombelltobell.libsyn.com/ Design Cast - https://anchor.fm/design-cast-podcast EdTech Lense...
Mar 14, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Have you ever wondered how you can leverage the power of drones to enhance your teaching? Are you interested in getting started with droning but have no idea where to begin? Tune in to discuss this with our expert panel! Rob McElroy @EdTechMac Stuart Slay @Stuart_Slay Terry Linton @TerryRLinton David McMahon @OrTwoDeeTwo Craig Frehlich @Cfrehlichteach Here are some links from the chat that you might find useful! https://youtu.be/VAwPgwwo8sY https://kuula.co/post/7kYW7/collection/7fyS3 https://ti...
Mar 09, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Are you an IB Design teacher (MYP, DP or both)? Is your school being impacted due to closures? How do you keep teaching "Design" remotely? Tune in to hear how experience Design educators are handling this situation! This episode features an expert panel of guests! Sean Forde - EdTech Integrator at Chadwick International in Incheon, South Korea J.D. Holtrop - Technology Director at QAIS, Qingdao, China Chris Willauer - Design Teacher at SCIS in Shanghai, China This episode was taken from a livest...
Mar 09, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Welcome to Design Cast episode #6! Today, I am excited to be live streaming on YouTube from South Korea! I hope you find my discussion helpful! I talk about the difference between Product and Digital Design and where you can 'teach skills' in an MYP Design Class! There are a number of ways to get in touch with me. You can email me at mr.reagin@gmail.com or call my Google voicemail +1.678.870.6676, I promise that I will not answer. It should go straight to voicemail. If you want to leave me a mes...
Mar 09, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Welcome to Design Cast episode #5! Today, I am excited to have Chris Graham from Santiago, Chile; Kim Hogg from Incheon, South Korea and Sean Connors from Hawaii on the episode! We will be hearing about ideas and experiences with Criterion D of the MYP Design Cycle. I hope you find our discussion helpful! There are a number of ways to get in touch with me. You can email me at mr.reagin@gmail.com or call my Google voicemail +1.678.870.6676, I promise that I will not answer. It should go straight ...
Mar 09, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Welcome to Design Cast episode #4! Today, I am excited to have Kimberly Hogg joining me on the podcast. Kim has been taking things apart and putting them back together since she could hold a screwdriver. Expat since 2002, she believes in trying everything twice. Kim currently teaches MYP Language & Literature at Chadwick International in South Korea and has recently taught MYP Design at Somersfield Academy in Bermuda. We will be discussing our thoughts and experiences with Criterion C of the...
Mar 09, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Welcome back to Design Cast episode #3! I am very pleased to be podcasting again after another long break. I hope that everyone is having a restful summer or winter break! I will be sharing my thoughts and experiences with Criterion B of the MYP Design Cycle. I have some feedback from another teacher about the topic as well. There are a number of ways to get in touch with me. You can use the Google+ Community that many of you already are members of to leave me questions or suggestions. You can e...
Mar 09, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Super excited to be back podcasting and hopefully this episode helps you out in some way in your classroom. Apologies for the sound quality as I am still waiting for my new microphone. Here is a run down of the episode: 1. Welcome Back 2. IBEN Information 3. Criterion A - Discussion 4. ePortfolio Concerns 5. Future Podcasts 6. What are your students doing? 7. Contact me!!! As always thanks to Maryanna for the excellent intro, I never get tired of hearing it!!! Up next time, Criterion B, so pleas...
Mar 09, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Join host Jason Reagin as he speaks with Jesse Donnelly and David McMahon about general MYP Design issues. They discuss minimum course requirements, common concerns and so on. Special thanks to Maryanna Geraghty & JD Holtrop for making this first episode happen!
Mar 09, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 1
