iCan iPad Day

“My daughter couldn’t wait for the weekend to be over so she could go to school,” said a dad as he walked in the doors of Michelle Klamm’ s 2nd grade classroom (@klammlovesmnms) at Bellevue Elementary in Bellevue, Nebraska.

This was no ordinary day.  November 25th, 2013 was the highly anticipated “iCan iPad Day” where parents joined their child for a morning of sharing and learning together.    

Students began the morning independently working on their differentiated math problems using Splashmath, Math Bingo, and Meteor Math, while Mrs. Klamm gave parents an overview of how she has been using the iPad as a learning tool.  Then students took the lead and showed parents how they can iPad! First up, taking a photo of their guests with Photobooth. That was a hit and laughter erupted in the room! Then it was on to sharing their animal projects they created in keynote and their dinosaur vocabulary slides they are currently working on. Parents were impressed with the quality of their work and their expertise with both the topic and the Keynote app. They also showed parents their dinosaur field journals they are working on in Notability.   

The pairs adventured beyond the classroom walls and scanned QR codes to go directly to their “A Turkey With Dressing” blog posts at http://kidblog.org/MrsKlammsM-azingSecondGraders/ .   (Here is a direct link to 2nd grader  Steven’s post).  The students were very proud of their posts and beamed as their parents read their writing and gave them feedback in the form of smiles, hugs, and words of encouragement.  

Next the duos moved on to a math scavenger hunt using their iPad to uncover hidden math problems and an app called Screenchomp, which is similar to a whiteboard,  to solve their tricky double digit with regrouping problems.  Then, parents and children returned to the classroom where they co-authored a blog post about their learning adventure.  

“I think the "iCan iPad" morning went beautifully.  The students completely exceeded my expectations!,” said Klamm.  “The kids did an exceptional job and the parents were very pleased!  It was a joyful opportunity to be a part of and I can't wait to see what else we can do!”

Mrs. Klamm (left) with a parent/child duo at iCan iPad Day!

Here is a little trailer of the morning.


Written by Ann Feldmann
@annfeldmann1