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Dr Dario Emanuele

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11 years in the classroom. Campaigning for sustainable teaching, high-quality centralised resources. Using AI & Cognitive Science https://substack.com/@dremanuele https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-emanuele-2b88857b/ https://x.com/DrDarioE

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Latest posts by Dr Dario Emanuele @drdarioemanuele

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The AI Paradox: Why I’m Using Tech to Get Back to Paper Balancing high-tech efficiency with high-impact modeling for a sustainable teaching career.

If you want an extra reflection and insights from my latest article, this podcast is definitely for you! It doesn’t just repeat what’s in the article but it expand it.
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06.03.2026 08:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The AI Paradox: Why I’m Using Tech to Get Back to Paper Balancing high-tech efficiency with high-impact modeling for a sustainable teaching career.

My new article is online! AI is great but I can’t replace you!

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04.03.2026 08:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 5 - PREMIUM - Training for Teachers #5: The Retrieval Practice Why simply asking questions isn't enough, and how to use prerequisite checks to bulletproof your main lesson.

Here is the first episode based on the latest post of my series, Training foir Teachers. The podcast always contains extra insights and reflectios that are worth a listen!

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02.03.2026 08:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 22 - The “Anti-Slide” Revolution: Why Sometimes I Swap My Clicker for a Camera How a return to “low-tech” teaching saved my Sunday evenings and improved my students’ learning.

For all the podcast listeners, here is the podcast dedicated to my latest article with extra insights and reflections!

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27.02.2026 08:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two free tools for teachers Sounds cocky, but I am proud of these...

Unstoppable Mr Barton! Manipulative canvas and a revolutionary visualiser!!

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26.02.2026 13:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The “Anti-Slide” Revolution: Why Sometimes I Swapp My Clicker for a Camera How a return to “low-tech” teaching saved my Sunday evenings and improved my students’ learning.

Please enjoy my latest post: Can we use a visualiser? When? How?

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25.02.2026 08:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The democratisation of resource creation How AI has changed the game, and why it is a good thing

Being referenced by one of the best Maths champions, Craig Barton, is a great honour! Thank you!

Go and grab all the free stuff available from me and other oustanding colleagues!

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24.02.2026 17:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Training for Teachers #4: The Retrieval Practice Why simply asking questions isn't enough, and how to use prerequisite checks to bulletproof your main lesson.

Here is my latest post, I have decided to deepen the Art of Retrieval Practice! Enjoy!

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23.02.2026 08:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 21 - Happy Half Term! Plus, A Brand-New Teaching Toolbox for When You Return 4 ready-to-use AI Gems for atomised learning, instant worksheets, and seamless lesson planning to save you time next term.

Here is the latest episode of my podcast, Reflections From The World of Teaching, featuring a discussion and extra insights about my most recent article.

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18.02.2026 08:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What Education Can Learn From Zig Engelmann Stop debating pedagogy, start analyzing content

Great article on how to fix misconceptions and where teaching should go

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17.02.2026 11:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Half Term! Plus, A Brand-New Teaching Toolbox for When You Return 4 ready-to-use AI Gems for atomised learning, instant worksheets, and seamless lesson planning to save you time next term.

Here are all the tools I have developed and shared to make lesson planning a sustainable activity! Feel free to use them once half term is over!

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17.02.2026 08:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 20 - Breaking the Chain of Teacher Burnout (And How I Fixed My Planning Process) The latest chapter of my crusade to make lesson planning sustainable, scalable, and sanity-saving.

Enjoy the latest episode of my Podcast, Reflections from the world of Teaching. This episode is based on my Wednesday’s article and includes extra insights!

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13.02.2026 08:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Breaking the Chain of Teacher Burnout (And How I Fixed My Planning Process) The lstest chapter of my crusade to make lesson planning sustainable, scalable, and sanity-saving.

My new post is online! Find out how you break the burnout chain or help colleagues that are struggling due to unsustainable tasks.

Teaching is not a solo journey!

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11.02.2026 08:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Routine Atomisation Step 1 to guaranteeing success, and how to do it

A great post by Unstoppable Learning. If you want to deep dive in atomisation, learn why it is different from a step by step approach and you also want to see some great examples, it’s all in here!

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09.02.2026 08:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 4 - PREMIUM - Training for teachers #4: The Retrieval Practice – Building the Bridge to New Learning We have done the Do Now. Now, before we teach anything new, we must activate the specific skills needed for today's success.

Please enjoy the podcast from my latest episode of my new series, Training for Teachers!

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09.02.2026 08:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When retrieval rractice goes wrong Three rules for effective retrieval practice

Deeply honoured that @didau.bsky.social shared my latest research on the 'Do Now' with his audience. Thank you, David, for the thoughtful engagement and for helping get these findings into the hands of more educators.

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08.02.2026 20:20 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Coaching Cut #41 More than one problem! Coaching Cuts: Bite-sized tips for better coaching

Every time I read a post from the Cognitive Coaching, I always get inspired. Coaches should never make their coachees/trainees feel overwhelmed. Focus on one target, dive in, discuss it. Teaching is not just a checklist.
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08.02.2026 20:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Remember to see the full picture when you check the students' books in a lesson.

07.02.2026 19:13 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 19 - Atomisation and HTML: My Honest Journey Using AI to Plan Lessons part 3 Stop dragging text boxes. Start teaching. How interactive webpages and AI are finally making planning sustainable.

For the listeners, here is my latest episode from my pddcast, Reflection from the world of teaching, with new insights from my latest post!
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06.02.2026 08:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Atomisation and HTML: My Honest Journey Using AI to Plan Lessons part 3 Stop dragging text boxes. Start teaching. How interactive webpages and AI are finally making planning sustainable."

Please enjoy my latest post, have I finally made it?
P.S. If you also want to plan your lessons using Ai, free resources for you in the post!
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04.02.2026 08:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ratio tables and Similar Shapes Now we’ve created a unified model of unit conversions from linear to volume conversions using the ratio table as our scaffold.

Ratio tables are definitely such an effective tool for so many questions!
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03.02.2026 14:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Some Children Will Always Fail And it's their fault, not mine.

A great post, that triggered my self reflection: Are my lesson tasks 100% clear to 100% of the students?
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03.02.2026 08:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Training for teachers #3: The Retrieval Practice – Building the Bridge to New Learning We have done the Do Now. Now, before we teach anything new, we must activate the specific skills needed for today's success.

My latest post is here! How do we make sure students are ready for new learning?
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02.02.2026 08:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Research Bite #53: A Meta-analytic Review of the Effectiveness of Spacing and Retrieval Practice for Mathematics Learning Ewan Murray, Aidan J. Horner & Silke M. Göbel

"Spaced practice refers to the scheduling of learning spread out over multiple sessions rather than a single massed session, whereas retrieval practice refers to the active cognitive act of recalling information from memory rather than passively restudying it."
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02.02.2026 07:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Lesson Plan Checklist This is how the EEF present it.

The checklist I was waiting for! Accurate, clear, short but still effective, applicable to all subjects. I think I am going to print this and make a poster for my office!
Well done Dominic Salles!
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01.02.2026 12:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What would Mr Toad make of school phone bans? Why phones are more like cars than cigarettes

Some thoughts on regulating social media.

In the past I've compared smartphones to cigarettes, which is unfair - they're obviously more useful than that.

Cars are a better analogy - a brilliant technology with horrible downsides.

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01.02.2026 09:45 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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When retrieval rractice goes wrong Three rules for effective retrieval practice

I have been having the pleasure to discuss retrieval practice with David Didau in the last weeks, and it truly helped me in my practice. Needless to say, I am honoured to be mentioned in this post!
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31.01.2026 19:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 18 - Atomisation and HTML: My Honest Journey Using AI to Plan Lessons part 2 Listen now | Refining the difference between "small steps" and true atomisation, and why I’ve stopped designing slides in favor of HTML code.

Here is the latest episode from my podcast, Reflection from the world of teaching, please enjoy!

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30.01.2026 08:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From Disparate Knowledge to Unified Fluency Freedom: Generalising the Ratio Table (Part 1) A proportional framework that links metric units.

Great way of teaching conversion between square and cube units!

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30.01.2026 07:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How do I have an effective lesson start if I go from classroom to classroom? Question Time!

NEW EPISODE - question time!

Effective lesson starts
Images of students on social media and AI dangers
Asking questions at random
Support for supply teachers

All this and more!

Tune in and share if you can 🙏🙏

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30.01.2026 07:23 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1