My daily tech habits are possibly some of the worst that exist out there. I almost always have a screen on, except when I am sleeping. It could be the TV shows that I watch with my parents or on my own, YouTube videos, playing on my Switch, or working on my computer for hours […]
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My Everyday with Technology
In today’s world technology is everything. If you need groceries, to talk to a friend, to check your email, or to pay your bills, it is all on your phone. Technology has a major impact on my daily life, my screen time is about 9-11 hours daily, which is only for my phone. My most […]
Continue readingMe + Tech = Love/Hate Relationship
Soooo … when I think about my relationship with tech, it reminds me of my younger years when tech played a very simple role in my life. Starting with TV when I was a kid watching things like cartoons and Family Channel, it was often a point of connection with my family when we’d all sit together and laugh at what we were watching. As I got older, and further into elementary school, I got my first mp3 player. It…
Continue readingWhere to start?
This first week of my learning project has been tricky for me about knowing where to start so I admit, I have procrastinated it until I find myself under pressure. I sometimes find it hard to carve out time to do tasks like these in my busy work, school, mom[Read more]
Continue readingDuolingo…Good or Bad?
This week, I used Duolingo to practice learning French. I initially started my learning at the second section because I have a small background in French but I found that too difficult. I didn’t know how to translate the phrases that were being given, so I started at section 1. Section 2 was too advanced …
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Continue readingIs technology taking over my life?
This is an interesting topic for me to reflect on, as this is a daily discussion in our house. Living in a world or pre teen and teenagers there is always conversations about how much time they are on their devices…but to be honest I never relate it to how[Read more]
Continue readingWeek One of ASL
This week I began to expand my learning in American Sign Language. I knew when I began this learning project that I wanted to search for resources that I could use with my now 15-month-old daughter. This first week I decided to focus in on Baby Einstein’s YouTube channel on their videos for ASL. Baby
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Continue readingBirria Tacos!
This week for my learning project I decided to make birria tacos because they are one of my favourite foods! Although I only have ever had them once at Leopold’s Tavern, they were so delicious! Anytime I see a post on social media about birria tacos my mouth starts watering because they look and taste […]
Continue readingMy Relationship With Technology
I recognize that technology has an influence and impact on my daily life. In my daily life, I use many different websites, apps, and online platforms for personal, work, and school use. My phone has an average screen time of about 5-7 hours a day. This is also not including any time I spend on […]
Continue readingTechnology and Me – Weekly blog post
Thinking about my daily habits using technology I think it is hard at times to accept how much time we all spend daily online or in front of a screen not doing a whole lot of productive stuff. For me the online platforms I use the most daily would have to be Snapchat, Email, Instagram, […]
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