Mr Barton Maths Podcast #208 Atomisation in Action – episode 4 (with Kris Boulton and Duncan Grantham)
Nov 11, 2025
Chris Bolton, author and curriculum thinker focused on atomization. Duncan Grantham, maths teacher and deputy head who codes AI-driven resources. They explore using LLMs to generate LaTeX, scale bespoke worksheets, and refine prompting workflows. Discussions cover voice-to-text, project memory, where AI shines and its limits with diagrams and precise maths formatting.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Own The Pedagogy, Use AI For Production
- Keep AI involved only as the production tool; humans must decide atomization and sequence decisions.
- Use AI to implement your plan, not to replace your pedagogical decisions.
Start Each AI Session With A Project Brief
- Build an AI project prompt that summarizes your teaching approach and include examples of excellent outputs.
- Before each session, paste that summary so the model consistently understands your goals.
Brain-Dump Then Let AI Structure Slides
- Do a spoken 'brain dump' of the lesson plan into the AI and ask it to structure slides and examples.
- Review the AI's structured output, then convert to LaTeX/HTML for rapid production.
