MPU 865: Harvard Professor Teddy Svoronos on AI in the Classroom


MPU 865: Harvard Professor Teddy Svoronos on AI in the Classroom

On this episode of Mac Power Users, Teddy Svoronos returns to compare the iPad and Mac in his teaching workflow, explain why he replaced Keynote with PowerPoint plus a custom AI-built remote, and share tools ranging from OpenIn and Macuse to LookAway and Wispr Flow. The conversation turns to the harder question of teaching in the age of AI: preserving judgment and brainstorming, rethinking take-home assessment, and checking what agents actually did before trusting their answers. More Power Users closes with a book club covering Blindsight, On Bullshit, The Score, and the Culture series.

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