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Hello!! I'm a school library info specialist. Does anyone have an awesome recommendation for a great first-day video, whether for primary kids or for middle schoolers? I always try to come back w/ an awesome video about the power of reading or creativity or tech to show on those first days. If you haven't done this in the past but would like to (or if you want to see what I mean by a great first-day video), here are a few I've used in the past few years:

Shorewood Lip Dup (to demonstrate creativity and the power of teamwork)
Western Spaghetti (again to show creativity)
I usually show them, let the kids respond to them, then give my spiel about how the (creativity/teamwork/humor/tech skills) demonstrated in this video are similar to what we're going to be working on this year in LRC. So that's how I use these.
So far I'm considering:
and possibly showing part of The Fantastic Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (which if you haven't seen, do yourself a favor and watch it!!)
I'd love your ideas for awesome intro videos that will excite and motivate the kids, get them laughing, and get them jazzed about what we're going to be doing this year. Thanks!!

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This is nice to show what kind of precious moments are in our lifes:

http://vimeo.com/8189067

Hey Kelly, I'm also posting this Tweet here and will still try to broadcast this question in the near future. These are probably mostly better for the teachers in buildings but still pretty cool...

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I like this one (for middle schoolers)  it isn't "funny" but pretty cool: http://youtu.be/e3E0sMgzRbg 

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