Dr Dario Emanuele
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Dr Dario Emanuele
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11 years in the classroom. Campaigning for sustainable teaching, high-quality centralised resources, and the end of the "planning lessons from scrap." Using AI & Cognitive Science to fix workload.
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For the podcast lovers, here is the latest episodes from my Podcast, Reflections from the world of teaching. Enjoy!

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Episode 17 - From Atomisation to HTML: My Honest Journey Using AI to Plan Lessons
I tried to automate everything. Here is what worked, what failed, and the free AI tool I built to help you.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Love this! absolutely hilarious but with a powerful message. I would like to call it “The list of the most common lethal mutations in education”
26 Terms Modern Education Can’t Stop Misusing
A satirical inventory of once-serious words now stretched, softened, and repurposed beyond recognition in the AI-saturated language of modern education.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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NEW EPISODE

This week, we are joined by the OG and GOAT of education podcasting 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁CRAIG BARTON!!

Craig knows so much about great teaching, it was a privilege to interview him:

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What are the quickest wins in improving teaching? With Craig Barton
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January 23, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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Thanks to all my Subscribers on Substack!
Subscribe if you are a teacher interested in planning lessons using AI or you just want to make your lesson plannning quicker!
January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Please enjoy my latest Substack post on planning lessons and resources using AI. Let's make lesson planning sustainable for teachers and not a burden that drives people away from the profession!
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From Atomisation to HTML: My Honest Journey Using AI to Plan Lessons
I tried to automate everything. Here is what worked, what failed, and the free AI tool I built to help you.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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Immediately audited work on atomisation. Sticking to the Fact-Categorical-Transformation-Routine structure saved me.Yesterday, teaching Medians from frequency tables. Students didn't just memorise (n+1)/2. They grasped why the median sits where it does.

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Small Steps are not Atomisation
A lethal mutation
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January 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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My latest post from my new series ‘Training for Teachers’ is now available on Substack! Check it out and think about subscribing if you want to know more about how far I am in my research about how to choose the questions for the Do Now.

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The Anatomy of a Perfect 'Do Now': How to Choose Your 5 Questions
We know we need retrieval practice, but how do we decide what to retrieve? Here is my exact formula for building a retention-focused starter.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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The Hollywood Teacher Myth: Why Being 'Boring' is an Act of Teamwork
We all want to be the hero, but are our "fun" lessons accidentally sabotaging our colleagues?
Read more about this in my latest Substack post!
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The Hollywood Teacher Myth: Why Being 'Boring' is an Act of Teamwork
We all want to be the hero, but are our "fun" lessons accidentally sabotaging our colleagues?
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January 18, 2026 at 1:02 PM