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All lessons, units, and projects are structured by sequences of learning activities.

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Watch this video and note what types of learning activities you identify.

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Environmental issues plague our world and influence the health and well-being of our very existence.

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[Speaking to students]: "Today, we're going to be searching for some environmental issues within your community..."

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And then my students will generate some real and viable solutions. But first, we

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will watch video segments from the Green Earth Club. [Student]: "We can change things. We can

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make them better."  Then, the students will brainstorm on the most compelling issues and explore

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ways to attack the problem head on. In small collaborative settings, students use

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mind mapping software and an iPod Touch application known as WikiTap to research one environmental

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issue and propose a feasible, measurable solution and an action plan to help them find

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the solution. [Speaking to students]: "Turn to a neighbor and talk about what you saw when you're using your imagery. Go!"

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Then, in teams, students will then produce a public service announcement describing their issue, how it affects

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the local community, the root of the problem, and what can be done to protect the Earth against this environmental

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danger.  [Speaking to student]: "What effect do people have on the environment? Think about that."

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Teams use digital cameras to create footage and editable clips from Discovery Education

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Streaming to create their PSAs. Once completed, students post their PSAs

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on our class block where their peers can comment, as well as make suggestions, on how to help with

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their environmental cost.

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Here are the learning activities that we saw in this video. Watch a presentation,

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brainstorm and select issues, generate problem solutions,

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develop a concept map in collaborative groups, research an issue,

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propose a solution, discuss and develop an action plan, create a video, and

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post videos and comment. How does our list compare to yours? Different

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teachers have different ways of thinking about the types of learning activities that they use in their teaching.

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So, your list is likely to be at least a bit different from ours.

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It's because there are so many different ways to think about types of learning activities that we created

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the Learning Activity Types taxonomies. We worked with curriculum specialist to create taxonomies

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of all of the different types of learning activities within each curriculum area.

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We have created LATs taxonomies in nine curriculum areas to date:

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K-6 Literacy, Secondary English/Language Arts, Mathematics,

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Science, Social Studies, World Languages, Physical Education,

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Music, and Visual Arts and a taxonomy

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of teaching strategies to support English Language Learners. We will return to this later.

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Let's explore the taxonomies in relation to your classroom practice. To do this, we'd like you to choose

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one of your favorite lessons or a short- term project that your students do. We'll ask you to write

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some notes about the essential features of this learning experience. On a sheet of paper

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or on your computer, please list the learning goal(s) for this lesson or project.

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Then list all the technologies that you and your students currently use in that lesson or project.

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Find the LAT taxonomy that is most relevant to the content of the lesson or project.

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If there's more than one content area addressed, you may want to look at additional taxonomies at the same time.

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As you review the taxonomies, make a list of all the LATs that are incorporated into your lesson

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or project in the order that they occur. Keep this list handy; we'll return to it in the

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next module. In the next module, we'll ask you to either

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refresh an existing lesson a project, or build a new one. Before moving

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on, please take some time to explore any of the latest taxonomies that are of interest to you.