It was such an amazing opportunity to speak to Keri-Lee Beasley for this episode of Design Cast. Keri-Lee is a high school “learning and technology coach ” at the Western Academy of Beijing or WAB. We have a lively conversation about her various roles at WAB and her classes that she teaches in the design department. During the chat she shares with me all about the ‘Cactus of Awesomeness’ so be on the lookout for that. A few really exciting projects that Keri-Lee is thinking about at the moment a...
Apr 23, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 15
It was such a pleasure to have Ms. Lenny Dutton as my guest for this episode of Design Cast. Lenny is the MYP Coordinator at the International School of Stuttgart, Germany. She has a wildly successful blog and website at www.excitededucator.com . This is the second time that Lenny has been on Design Cast. She is considered a leader in the MYP Design world and her resources are used in hundreds of schools around the world. We have an awesome chat about what she has been doing over the past 12 mon...
Apr 16, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 14
My guest for this episode of Design Cast is Bonnie Kirkley. Bonnie is a K-5 Gifted Educator and STEAM Support Specialist in Georgia. She has so much to share about her experiences as a STEAM educator and how she supports her school and the STEAM community globally. Her excitement and passion is infectious! She is also a content creator for the STEAM community online through Teachers pay teachers, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Toc. All of which use the username and handle of “i...
Apr 09, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Fi Morrison is an “Infants Teacher and Digital Literacy Coach” in Sydney, Australia. In early 2021, Fi founded the STEM | ED Magazine out of a need to have free STEM resources for teachers in all kinds of teaching environments and locations. At the time of this interview the magazine had surpassed 3000 downloads/views. We have a great chat about how Fi became an educator and what her vision is for the magazine. I am confident that you will enjoy this chat I have with her. Fi mentions many great ...
Apr 02, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 12
For this episode of Design Cast I had the unique pleasure of speaking with Ms. Tamizh Ponni. Tamizh worked as an IB Educator in an International School, Bengaluru, India. She is currently pursuing her M.Tech, PhD integrated course in Data Science. She has worked as a Professional Development Coach and as a Tech Integrationist. She believes that the best thing in being an IB educator is that beyond teaching there's a lot of deep learning involved in the process and sees learning as a never-ending...
Mar 26, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 11
On this episode of Design Cast, I had the pleasure of speaking to Mr. David Lee. David is a Technology and Innovation Specialist at Singapore American School. He shares all about his journey into teaching and how design thinking had and still has a major part to play in both his personal and professional life. He introduces the idea of ‘learning narratives’ to me and I am very excited to try it out! I am sure that you will enjoy listening to our conversation! Don’t forget to check out the ‘ Good...
Mar 19, 2021•27 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Jacob Adams is the founder of “ STEM to the Future ” which is an LA based organization that inspires and motivates Black and Latinx elementary youth to use STEAM to imagine and create the world they want and deserve. Jacob shares with me his story of becoming an educator and how he founded STEM to the Future. His passion is unmistakable and he is working to make a difference at the community level and beyond! Connect with Jacob and STTF: Instagram: stemtothefuture & elsnakeob Jacob recommend...
Mar 12, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Britney Vickery is founder and CEO of Initials, Inc. As a new mom, Britney was just searching for someone who could put her son’s name on his diaper bag. After weeks of searching in her local community, her husband Darren suggested a simple but life-changing idea: “Why don’t you do it?” Struggling to find her purpose as a stay-at-home mom, and eager to make a financial contribution, Britney dove in! Armed with a spare bedroom and a 6-foot folding table, she invested in her first embroidery machi...
Mar 05, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 8
On this episode of Design Cast I had the awesome chance to chat with Dr. Sabba Quidwai. Sabba believes that cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy. She works with leaders to integrate design thinking practices that encourage creativity, recognize accomplishments, build trust and inspire a collective vision. In 2018, the World Economic Forum identified Leadership and Social Influence as a trending skill. Sabba shares how building social influence across social media platforms can ...
Feb 26, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 7
On this episode of Design Cast I had the awesome chance to chat with Dr. Mark Mahoney. Mark is an Associate Professor of Technology and Applied Design and Chair of the Technology & Applied Design Department At Berea College . He participated in the Fulbright Program as part of his sabbatical a few years ago. He chose to work in China with Nanjing Normal University at the newly developed ITEEA China Center . We talk about working in China and how to deal with reentry into life at home after a...
Feb 19, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On this episode of Design Cast I had the awesome chance to chat with Michael Cohen. Michael, aka ‘The Tech Rabbi’, is the Director of Innovation at Yeshiva University High Schools in Los Angeles. He is also the founder of letsdubbleup.com . Dubble Up’s mission is to “prepare teens with the skills today to stand out and showcase their unique ideas and strengths to their top university, dream company or the spirit to start their own.” Our conversation is really lively and filled with great insight...
Feb 12, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this episode of Design Cast I had the absolute honor of speaking with John Zobrist. John is the K-12 Head of Innovation at UWCSEA - East Campus, Singapore and brings more than two decades of experience nurturing student innovators to identify social, environmental and economic problems and apply design thinking and creative concepts to improve individuals and communities. We had a great time talking about his journey into education and what his vision is for the future of his newest role! I a...
Feb 05, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 4
On this episode of Design Cast I had the pleasure of talking with Phil Cotton. Phil is a Design and Technology Teacher, and Founder of Learnbylayers. Learnbylayers is an online resource for all of the things an educator might need to design and deliver a 3D printing curriculum in their classroom. Phil and I had a great time chatting about how his business started, how he has had to adjust during the current global situation to meet the needs of his customers and what his vision is for Learnbylay...
Jan 29, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 3
On this episode of Design Cast I had the awesome opportunity to chat with my friend Chris Stephenson. Chris is an MYP Development Consultant with Toddle, and “Lead Learner” and Founder of Atlantic Isle Consulting. We have a great discussion about how being able to ‘pivot’ is important now more than ever. Chris has had many chances to do just that. We recorded this episode as the weather was changing where I live so my allergies were in full swing, so please forgive my congestion! Enough of me ta...
Jan 22, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 2
On this episode of Design Cast I was honored to jam out with my friend Mike Bycraft. Mike is Head of Design and Innovation for grades 6-12 at Korea International School. He has done so much in his career to advance the mission of ‘design education’ from speaking at regional events to writing articles for well known publications. You can find out all about this on this website that is listed in the show notes. We had a blast talking about the journey that he has taken to get to his current positi...
Jan 15, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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Jan 02, 2021•7 min
On this episode of Design Cast I was delighted to speak with Dr. Ashley Gess. Dr. Gess is an Assistant Professor of STEAM education at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. Her passion for STEAM education is contagious and it was very enjoyable to hear about her journey into education. Dr. Gess has been instrumental in founding the STEAMIFY competition at Augusta University. I feel you will really find her discussion of ‘integrative’ STEM & STEAM very insightful! You will also hear about h...
Dec 25, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 22
On this episode of Design Cast I had the opportunity to speak with Cecil Mack. Cecil is a Technology Innovation Coach at UNIS in Hanoi, Vietnam. We talk about a whole host of different topics from his love of learning new things to livestreaming ducklings! I know that you will enjoy listening to his journey into education and what he is involved with now at his current school. It is episode #40! What an amazing year for this podcast in a year that has seen a lot of ups and downs, but mostly down...
Dec 18, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 21
On this episode of Design Cast I had the opportunity to speak with Liz Gallo. Liz is the CEO of WhyMaker. “WhyMaker is a STEM professional development company that focuses on cultivating technology based project plans with teachers to improve students overall success.” We had a great time talking all about STEM and the Maker movement. Liz has a book called “ Surfing On Rocks ” and recommends that everyone reads “ The Coaching Habit ”. You can check out WhyMaker at https://www.whymaker.co/ All of...
Dec 11, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 20
On this episode of Design Cast I had the opportunity to speak with my high school industrial arts teacher, Coach Todd Vander Velde. Coach as he is known, has been a source of inspiration to me throughout my teaching career. He is an all around awesome guy and listening to him talk about his 37 year teaching career is something wonderful! It was such a pleasure to chat with him about what he is up to now and how things used to be! You can check out his students’ metalwork at www.rocketmfg.org . A...
Dec 04, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 19
On this episode of Design Cast I had the opportunity to speak with Eric Burton. Eric is the founder and creator of Classwork Zoom, which is a Chrome Extension that educators can use that utilizes the revision history of Google Docs and other items in your Google Classroom. It allows the teacher to look at the time spent on an assignment by a student and includes analytics. I have used it and it is an amazing tool to make your work as a teacher more efficient and effective. Eric has made this pro...
Nov 27, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 18
On this episode of Design Cast I had the amazing opportunity to speak with Tony Ryan. Tony is the Chief Executive of the Design and Technology Association or DATA. We talk about how he started out as an automotive technician and ended up in education almost by accident! The professional journey that Tony has taken is such a pleasure to hear about. I really enjoyed chatting with him about all of the great work that is happening with DATA even during these uncertain times! There are extensive show...
Nov 20, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 17
On this episode of Design Cast I had the chance to catch up with Melissa Guyan. Melissa is the founder of ‘Forever Love Publishing’ (https://www.foreverlovepublishing.com/). With over 60 novels under her belt, Melissa is a very experienced author and storyteller. We talk about how she started out as a teacher and moved to being a prolific writer of teen romance novels! Melissa shares about her experiences growing up and how they contributed to her becoming an author. I really enjoyed chatting wi...
Nov 13, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 16
On this episode of Design Cast I had the amazing opportunity to chat with Ross McGill. Ross is the founder of ‘Teacher Toolkit’ ( https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/ ). With over 25 years in education, Ross left the school environment to focus on his website and resource curation full time just over three years ago. He has authored 8 books and is currently pursuing his educational doctorate from Cambridge. Our chat starts with Ross talking about his life as a Design & Technology teacher. We th...
Nov 06, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 15
On this episode of Design Cast I had the amazing opportunity to speak with Amanda Preske who owns and created Circuit Breaker Labs! It was so fascinating to learn about how Amanda is using ‘eWaste’ to create beautiful wearable art, jewelry and framed pieces. My mind was totally engaged in thinking about how I can adapt her ideas and techniques in my Design classroom! I am confident that you will enjoy this episode! Please subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. I appreciate all of the kind word...
Oct 30, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 14
On this episode of Design Cast I had the chance to chat with my friend Craig Kemp who is owner and creator of “Ignite EdTech”! We have a great discussion about all things EdTech. I am confident that you will enjoy this episode! Please subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. I appreciate all of the kind words and support that have been rolling in so far! If you have ideas for future episodes or would like to be a guest, please reach out through my website www.jasonreagin.ga as there is a contact...
Oct 23, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 13
On this episode of Design Cast I had the fantastic opportunity to chat with Aidan Hammond who is the current Head of Design at Branksome Hall Asia in Jeju, South Korea! We have a great discussion about command terms, working during lockdown and circular design! I am confident that you will enjoy this episode! Please subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. I appreciate all of the kind words and support that have been rolling in so far! If you have ideas for future episodes or would like to be a ...
Oct 16, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 12
On this episode of Design Cast I had the awesome opportunity to chat with Natalie Kunst who is the current MYP Coordinator at Preshil School in Melbourne. In addition to the coordinator role, Natalie is also the MYP Design, Visual Arts and DP Film teacher! We have an awesome discussion about interdisciplinary units, working from home during lockdown and permaculture! I am confident that you will really enjoy this episode! Please subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. I appreciate all of the ki...
Oct 09, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 11
On this episode of Design Cast I had the opportunity to speak to Justin Bedard of the Jump! Foundation. Justin spent his childhood playing in the islands of Indonesia and his formative years exploring and learning in China. He has a strong passion for educational innovation, and he is recognized for his commitment to youth programs around the world. He has filled his life with organizational consulting, leadership facilitation, community development, and time playing in the wilderness. The JUMP!...
Oct 02, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 10
On this episode of Design Cast I had the awesome opportunity to chat with James Bleach. James is the Head of Design and Technology at Tanglin Trust School in Singapore. Many listeners will be familiar with him through his creation of classroom resources that are featured on this website and Facebook group known as JambleD&T. We talk about our shared love of all things D&T and what inspires us to share our experiences. I am confident that you will enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed cha...
Sep 26, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 9
