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How can AI make teachers' jobs better or easier?

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack
Published August 1, 2023 at 2:39 PM EDT
Dinah Rose Irwin and Max Irwin on "Connections"
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Dinah Rose Irwin and Max Irwin on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
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There have been some rather dark warnings about how AI will make teachers’ jobs a lot harder. On the flip side, are there ways that AI will make teaching better or easier?

Our guests argue that the answer is yes. They bring perspectives from the classroom and from the tech world. Our guests:

  • Dinah Rose Irwin, teacher at Hebrew Academy in Miami, Florida
  • Max Irwin, founder of Max.io
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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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