A typical day in my life revolves around communication with my family, friends, and social connections, facilitated by technology. Living in a remote community in Northern Ontario Eabametoong First Nation, I rely on social media and messaging apps to stay connected. I use Whatsapp for messaging and calling my parents, children, and husband via Wifi-calling as local network doesn’t work well there.

Social media apps like Facebook , Instagram  , and Twitter   are part of my daily routine. For entertainment, I watch movies and series on Netflix , Prime Video , and Crave.

While teaching, I utilize a Promethean board connected through an app called Screen Share, which allows me to cast my computer screen onto it. The board is also touch-enabled, enhancing interactive learning. I use specific apps for English comprehension and assessment, such as Elevate , which helps assess children’s reading and comprehension skills, as well as basic language skills. For math, I use Prodigy and other specific worksheets. These programs are administrator-specific, enabling me to check and assess data to determine progress and assign necessary corrections.

As a student, I attend meetings via Zoom  and use various apps like Canva for creating templates and other academic needs. I also use PowerPoint, Word and Excel for other purposes. There is a lot of learning that happens through searching reading, and analyzing articles on Google.  I may sometimes use an AI assistant to read the articles to me and have recently discovered a voice typing app that if spoken slowly and with correct pronunciation, can type out what one is trying to speak.

Therefore, technology for me is a continuous and engaging experience that is used in almost all aspects of my life.