In this episode, we speak with Seth Fleischauer and Allyson Mitchell.

Seth is the president of Banyan Global Learning, which he founded in 2008 after teaching elementary school via NYC Teaching Fellows.

Banyan provides unique live virtual teacher training in AI Literacy and mindful tech adoption. With Banyan he first pioneered a unique daily distance learning English program, offering IRL and interactive video conferencing and English as a foreign language instruction to elementary and middle school students in Taiwan.

Since then, Seth has developed a broad range of programs that deliver curricula over video conferencing focusing on the mindful and empathic adoption of technology.

Seth's programs have reached more than 10,000 students on three continents and touched the lives of teachers globally. He is a frequent presenter at elite edtech conferences and the host of two podcasts: "Make It Mindful: An Education Podcast" and "Why Distance Learning?"

Allyson Mitchell is Seth’s cohost in Why Distance Learning and serves as the Director of Partnership & Engagement for the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.

Before joining CILC, Allyson held a variety of leadership positions within departments of learning in art, history, and university museums. In these roles, she supervised the design of multiple Distance Learning studios as well as the development of the supporting Interactive Virtual Learning programming and training of affiliated staff or experts.

Allyson has presented in a series of national and international conferences to discuss the implications of integrating distance learning in museum settings and diverse learning environments. Mitchell has actively published scholarship on this topic in academic Journals, she also co-authored and was a contributing artist of the book Museums & Interactive Virtual Learning.

Get ready to hear the benefits of leveraging LIVE video in virtual and face-to-face school settings. Seth & Allyson share how this can help experiential learning. Most importantly, LIVE video allows classrooms all over the world to interact, which means students learn the importance of global community. They share that this will actually help our students learn even more about themselves.

Seth and Allyson offer advice and wisdom for using technology in the classroom for novice and veteran teachers. Their passion for LIVE Video Conferencing is contagious and this might just change your teaching practices!

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