Can AI Actually Help Students Think? | Ryan Trattner, StudyFetch CTO

Can AI help students learn more deeply — or does it just make it easier to avoid thinking?Alex Gray sits down with Ryan Trattner, co-founder and CTO of StudyFetch, the AI learning platform that turns course materials into personalised flashcards, quizzes, summaries, study plans, and one-on-one tutoring through its AI tutor, Spark.E.This conversation goes beyond the product. It's about the question now facing every classroom: what kind of learner does AI create, and where does the human teacher become even more important?What we cover:Why the real question isn't whether students use AI, but howThe behaviours AI tools quietly reward — and the ones they erodeHow StudyFetch designs Spark.E to encourage thinking, not shortcut itWhat schools get wrong when they try to "police" AIWhere great teachers become irreplaceable in an AI-saturated worldGuest: Ryan Trattner, co-founder & CTO of StudyFetch (launched 2023).Host: Alex Gray, The International Classroom Podcast — exploring how educators can lead with confident humility in a changing world.If this episode made you think, follow the show and share it with an educator who needs to hear it.