I love this little clip. I find it incredibly inspiring. 

I plan to show it to my students, maybe even our whole team

 to try and help them see where the bar is set for the year.

Anytime something catches my eye or sparks my imagination, I try to get it out there to the students so that they might 'share the spark'.

Playing with the students! 

To intro the year, establish  sister classrooms, and start the students thinking about geography, Heather Lamson (St. Albans Town School) and I are going to use a SKYPE conversation to let our classes meet and then play Twenty Questions with each other. The goal being to figure out the others location first. The amusing part is that our schools are only  a mile or so apart! This will lay the groundwork for future classroom/ community collaborations.

I finally got around to looking at School Tube.

 What a really intense tool!

 It is full of videos made by students  and there are dozens of topics to get you going. You can also post student videos here- what fun.

I am attaching a link to a Back to School video that I found. Who won't love a first day with a little Bill Cosby sprinkled into it!

http://www.schooltube.com/video/ffcf8b963ae848bda1a0/Back%20to%20School%20with%20the%20Cosby%20Show