# Is TikTok Now a Teacher Training Tool?

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Podcast: [This Week with EdSurge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475)
Published: 2026-06-24T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.edsurge.com/podcasts
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Two educators are reckoning with who is really in charge: technology or the teacher. First, a teacher notices her students are quietly forming their professional knowledge on TikTok and decides to lean in rather than fight it. Then a high school engineering teacher builds an AI grading tool so efficient that it sent feedback to students without him ever reading it, and confronts what that actually means for his role in the classroom. Together, they raise urgent questions about judgment, accountability, and what teaching is really for. What You'll Learn Pre-service teachers are forming their professional knowledge partly through TikTok and social media reels, including content from former teachers who left the profession, raising questions about how teacher prep programs should respond. Evi Wusk argues that the information gleaned from social media is already shaping how future teachers think, so the more productive move is to help them engage with it critically rather than dismiss or ignore it. Steven Swanson built a fully automated AI grading tool that sent feedback directly to students without his review, and after a student thanked him for words he never wrote, he rebuilt the tool to put himself back in the loop. Swanson describes specific assignment types where AI grading adds value versus where it falls short, including the risk of missing opportunities to learn who students actually are as people. Stories Mentioned in This Episode What TikTok Is Teaching Future Teachers That We Aren't by Evi Wusk I Built an AI Grading Tool. Then a Student Thanked Me for Words I Didn't Write. by Steven Swanson Upcoming Event ISTE+ASCD Live '26 in Orlando, Florida Stay Connected Subscribe to EdSurge newsletters at edsurge.com Latest education news at edsurge.com/news Follow EdSurge…

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