I downloaded Screencast and made a simple provocation for giraffes! This could be used to be a starting point for an inquiry with any age children.

Ways to expand this would be to have students do this in partners. They could follow the provocation process together. They could then go through a simple research process to find what they wish to know”  and gain detail on “what they know”. This would be the first lesson of many to learn about giraffes.  This research would look different from different ages and the level of scaffold would change.

The Screencast app was easy to download and use. I can see the many different educational applications for it. I would personally use it for….

  1. provocations
  2. tutorials
  3. concept explanations
  4. simple lectures