Regular Daily Technology Use On average, I probably spend 7-8 hours of technology, if not even more, between my laptop and my phone. I just realized that is a third of my day. Most of those hours are spent on leisure time either streaming a show on Netflix or Disney+. I try my best not to use social media as much and I actually deleted my Instagram years ago and I never looked back. However, I do still use Snapchat, Facebook and TikTok. I game as well on my PS5 so between my phone, laptop and PS5 I probably spend too much time in front of a screen. Spotify…
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Beginning my Learning Journey
For my learning project, I have decided to do American Sign Language (ASL). I have no experience in ASL and I do not know any signs. My baseline is at the very bottom. I decided to pick ASL for my learning project because I believe it is important in society to be more inclusive to those who cannot hear. Learning ASL would be beneficial to me to be able to connect with those who cannot hear or are hard of hearing. As a future educator, it will be important to communicate with students with simple signs to assist a student in a vast majority of ways or help them communicate…
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Who am I?
My name is Kyler Flahr and I am currently a student in the middle years program at the University of Regina. I started University in the winter semester of 2018 and enrolled in Kinesiology. I did that for a year and a half before deciding to take a break from school and change programs. I have been bartending since I was 19 years old at The Canadian Brewhouse. I returned to school to do social work and continued working. I enjoyed social work and did well in my classes, but I did not know if my mental health could take the toll social work can have. I changed programs for…