A new chapter = a big change
It's been 5 days since I landed in the living room of my new husband's parents. It's been 5 days since I moved my life from our little 2-bed top floor flat in South-East London to a house in a field of sheep an
Amy Flynn
Roots in the City: How an Urban Farm internship is inspiring parallel thoughts about education
From the main road, you might miss it. There’s a golf course on one side, a woodland on the other and a couple of bus stops right by the entrance. But step through the gate and follow the path down to the far left corner and you’re in
How Spirituality can guide our Decision-Making in Challenging Times
In a world that feels increasingly fast, fractured and uncertain, many of us find ourselves at personal crossroads — burned out, disconnected and facing choices with no clear answers. When logic runs dry, when pros-and-cons lists don’t help and when spiritual practice isn’t part of our daily lives, a
Learning Design in Daily Life: Making meaning through coincidence and vision
Noticing, Curating and Making Meaning in Coincidences We often think of learning design as something technical—linked to course modules, learning outcomes or UX flows. But what if we viewed it as something simpler, deeper and more human? At its core, learning design is a way of living with awareness
Learning Like a Cat: Education at the Edge of Control
A cat does not learn on command. She wanders, watches, then comes back and takes a restful nap. She learns by instinct, by curiosity, by proximity, not by pressure. She is both deeply social and fiercely independent. She lives at the edge of the system and she thrives there. So
What Nature teaches us about designing Learning Experiences
…and why it matters for learners of all ages. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir We can sometimes think about learning something as if it were a straight line: input, output and completed. However, deep learning, just like sustainable growth, rarely works
“Hire AI instead of humans” - What does this really mean for us all?
I came across another company yesterday, with slick branding, offering the chance to “hire AI agents” instead of human marketers, designers and researchers. The message was simple: scale faster, spend less and skip the friction. Yet, when we stop for a second and really think - underneath this promise is
The Unspoken Curriculum: How School Shapes Our Idea of a Good Life
“She had so much potential.” “What happened to her?” These questions often surface quietly at reunions or scroll gently through LinkedIn feeds, often with curiosity and occasionally masquerading judgement. For many who attended high-achieving schools (particularly girls’ grammar or selective schools), there can be a subtle but persistent feeling of
What the EU AI Act Means for Education, Ethics and our Future
Back in August 2024, the European Union made history by passing the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence: the AI Act. Aimed at fostering trustworthy, human-centric AI, this legislation marked a major step in ensuring that technology develops in ways that protect, rather than undermine, human rights,
Finding Meaning in "Pan con Tomate"
A meditation on food, philosophy and presence in the heat of the AI age It’s 30 degrees in London and it’s too hot for me. The air is thick, i'll do anything to avoid the tube and my concentration is coming in bursts (what’s new?
Creating Meaning and Connection in Language Curricula in the Age of AI
As Language educators, we do more than teach words and rules. We help students to find their voice, make sense of other perspectives and use language to participate meaningfully in the world. Whether it’s building sentence confidence in Year 1, supporting a newly arrived student with EAL or guiding
Welcome to the Semio-Semantics blog: Meaning and Connection in the Age of AI.
This is a space for exploring how we make sense of the world and how we stay human through language, learning and design in the age of AI. Here, I weave together threads from Education, Psychology, Linguistics and Technology to ask genuine questions about what we’re building, how we’