What I learned over Spring Break! THIS IS BIG!

I'm too excited to sleep!

Remember this commercial for Disney World?

I love that!  My family and I are true Disney fans!  In fact on a recent BuzzFeed Facebook Quiz, I scored an 81 out of 100 rating me as a Disney Fanatic.  But that commercial sticks with me for other reasons.  I often feel that way when I've learned some new strategy, method or technology tool to use with my kids.  I hope my students feel that way too - at least in the hall on their way to my class.

My most recent reason to be "too excited to sleep" was a week long iMovie project where my students created book trailers advertising books they've read as part of their 40 Book Challenge (Read The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller).

The current reason I'm losing sleep is Aurasma!  It may be old hat to some but for me it's a potential game changer that I'm trying to get my head around. If you haven't heard of it, check out this Prezi by Matt Hollowell.   What do you think?  I know right!   I heard about it on Twitter - my new Twitter friends have gotten me all excited and offered tons of advice and even help creating lessons.  

What's got you too excited to sleep?  Is it a new tool?  What about a student who has made some exciting progress?  What about some new opportunities to learn or collaborate with like minded colleagues?  If you don't have a reason to lose sleep - find one!  It keeps the "job" from being a job and more like the trip of a lifetime!