Hello! My name is Kathryn Ebert. I am in my fourth and final year of the Elementary Curriculum Bachelor of Education (BEd) at the University of Victoria. I am taking this course, EDCI 335: Learning Design for Technology-Mediated Environments, as an extra course on top of my fourth-year Bachelor Degree requirements. This is the tenth and final course that I’m taking at UVic to earn my TQS upgrade. It is also the last course that I need to graduate with the Information Communication Technology Professional Specialization Certificate (PSC ICT)!

I am passionate about integrating technology into my classroom, and this course specifically has helped my understanding of how to create an effective interactive learning resource through an online platform that students can use for learning with no in-person interactions. Additionally, acknowledging and planning for learning differences has been a crucial and important aspect of all learning, including online learning. I’ve enjoyed learning about how I can facilitate an online learning experience while also providing students with autonomy.

My group has successfully collaborated throughout this whole course and assignment, but some of my specific contributions have been:

• Researching and documenting our learning topic, the water cycle, and its main stages, including sharing a PowToon that I made in EDCI 337
• Researching and documenting how our topic relates to the BC curriculum
• The development of our misconceptions, essential questions, learning outcomes, and subtopics
• Researching and documenting how to include students who are hard of hearing or colour blind
• Collaborating with Zoe Jacobson to create lesson #3: students will have the basic ability to describe the cycle and all of its phases
• Developing the single-point rubric for the water cycle comic final project

Below is my Teacher Ed Portfolio, where I’ve been documenting some of my learning throughout my degree, certificate, and TQS courses!

https://kathrynebert.opened.ca/category/edci-335/