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__**VOKI #1**__ =media type="custom" key="20862178"= Just wanted to let you all know - the background photo is one I took when I was at Harry Potter World in Florida last Christmas. EXCELLENT vacation if you're a Potter fan - no matter what age!! :) - Allison

Hey, Allison, I didn't know you could do accents, I just used my own voice on mine, so I am going back in to check this out! Great job, and Harry Potter is one of my family's all time favorites!! Kathleen Cusick

Allison, You can tell you love the Harry Potter series, and the scenery in the background is awesome and I have always loved an English accent! BJ Neary

Allison, Your Harry is perfect! Harry Potter and Ron Weasley are two characters that have such distinct visual appear for me. I’m sure the movies are part of it, but I really remember having such a strong picture of the characters even before the movie. I can’t think of another example where just physical features like Harry round black-rimmed glasses and brown shaggy hair are immediately attributed to a literary character. ~Erica

Allison, I actually thought your voki was Krista's because she is a huge Potter fan. I guess we all are. Prefect likeness, voice and background. Great job!

Allison, I too am a huge Harry Potter fan (as stated above by someone else)! I love your description of the themes running through the series. It's just fantastic from start to finish ~ Krista

Allison, I love HP!! You're so luck you got to go to Universal. I've been dying to go for years...but I hear the lines are ridiculous! Did you happen to get your own personal wand?? ~ Jen

__**BOOK TRAILER #1 -** //Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher//__ (I used photos of my brother and one of his best friends for my trailer)

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Allison, This trailer was great! I really liked the questions you posed, they got me wondering about the book. I also thought the falling leaves/photos animation was a lot of fun. ~ Krista

Allison, I loved the photos (you didn't have to add a works cited slide---great idea!), the music and the pictures were perfect for the story. This is one of my favorite GLBT books and the digital book trailer sold me, if I was a student I would want to read this book! BJ Neary

Allison, I loved your book trailer! The music and the images were perfect together! Barbara Smellie

Allison, amazing trailer! I loved how you used your photos to go along with what happens in the story. I think I may have to try animoto for my next digital trailer. ~ Jen

I think I need to read this tonight! Your trailer was really thought provoking. Your pics matched perfectly. It also had a sense of change throughout the whole thing. Time passing and fading, etc. Really captured me! ~Caron

Wow that looked great...I love the personal pictures..".our lives are open books...." Elizabeth Crawford

This is fantastic! I am hooked, and must read this next! - Nicole

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Allison, I loved this book talk; I couldn't wait to find out what book you were talking about. The suspense was nerve-wracking; the "magic" was all encompassing and thought provoking and I loved "your magic" at the end, awesome! What did you use to film this? BJ Neary

This was done with iMovie HD - I used my computer's built in camera and was able to edit a lot. I'm pretty familiar with iMovie so I had a great time working with it! - Allison

Very well done, Allison! I did mine on my ipad, but not with the success you had with yours, I'm still learning and it shows! Yours however, is very professional!! Kathleen Cusick

Your book review of this book made it me interested, but this talk just got me hooked. I've officially bumped this book up my list a few more notches. I really liked your opening sequence, it really drew me in. ~ Krista

Allison, Technologically this is awesome! But, I really liked that you included traits that might lead the book to appeal to you. I think it is so important to give some tips about what type of person would enjoy the book. ~Erica

Allison- Really, I had chills! You clearly took a lot of time and effort to make this and it was amazing. Very creative, too! A story about magic in history, sounds great! Your use of still shots other images reall added to it. I would also love to hear you read stories out loud! -Caron

__**DIGITAL BOOK TRAILER #2**__ media type="custom" key="21319984" Allison, your Glogster of //The Running Dream// is so positive, you captured how losing a limb did not stop Jessica from returning to running, along with your pictures and bright colors. I also like how you included other runners who use their prosthetic devices to compete. BJ Neary

media type="file" key="Book talk 2.mov" width="300" height="300" Allison, your book talk on //Where Things Come Back// was awesome! You captured the stories and left the reader to wonder what happens, great job. I loved the music, too BJ Neary
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Allison, I really enjoyed your captivating Book Talk on this interesting storyline, I love when two parallel stories intertwine to weave yet another interesting layer to the novel. Great background, is that in your library?? Kathleen Cusick

__**DIGITAL BOOK TRAILER #3**__ media type="custom" key="21436696" This wordle certainly has many descriptors for Twilight. I liked the brown and green colors. Good job, BJ Neary

I **really enjoyed your wordle! I am a fan of this type of technology, because you get a great snapshot of what words/themes/ideas you walked away with after reading the book. - Joanna**

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media type="file" key="BT 2.mov" width="300" height="300" Allison, I really enjoyed your book talk; you imbued your talk with the perfect amount of suspense and reviewed Hunger Games enough to build the tension and asked the appropriate questions about Katniss! Great job! BJ Neary

Hey Allison- This is one of my favorite books (loved the entire series). Great job on the book talk! ~ Barb

__**TOP TEN BOOK LIST**__ media type="custom" key="21583164" Allison, your prezi is just amazing, I liked the way the numbers were placed 4 times in the frames and the color scheme is very pleasing. Good job, BJ Neary

Allison - I loved your Prezi! The video game layout was a lot of fun. I was new to Prezi this semester and really enjoyed using it too. There's just so much you can do with it. ~ Krista

Allison- I really enjoyed your prezi. We seem to have some of the same books in our top 10 list. ~ Barb

Hi Allison- I like how prezi makes the observer feel more involved. It was a really smooth presentation. Great job! ~Caron

I loved your maze!! Prezi is my favorite tool to use for presentations; this is another perfect example of why! - Nicole

Your top 10 list was great, and enjoyable to watch. The layout idea was very inventive, and a nice touch!~ Joanna

What an awesome Prezi! I haven't seen this layout before, but it certainly made the Top 10 list that much more interesting. Can't wait to add your books to my "to read" list. ~Amy

I really liked using Glogster before so I wanted to try it again! I got the bio and images from www.NicholasSparks.com, and the video is from YouTube. media type="custom" key="21722446" Allison, your glogster of Nicholas Sparks covered his books, books-to-movies and I enjoyed his interview. Good job! BJ Neary
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Hi Allison- I really enjoyed the interview. I liked how full and colorful your glogster is. I used it for the first time and I really like it. ~ Barbara Hey Allison! I really love the layout of your glogster! Nicholas Sparks is the king of making me sob like a baby. I cannot read his books or watch his movies in the presence of anyone else for fear of being an emotional mess. I really liked the youtube interview that you chose to include. -Holly

I can still remember the argument I had in college over Nicholas Sparks, since the guys in my group refused to believe that a guy could write such "mushy" novels that were turned into movies. Boy weren't they surprised to find out the truth. Your Glogster gave tons of information and I especially liked the video that you included. ~Amy

Hey, Allison, Great Choice! This is one of my all time favorite movies, and the book was just donated to our library, so I will be checking it out, as I know the book is always better, great job on the Glogster, I took a shot at one, but had some difficulty with the time constraint. I plan to use these in the future though, like you did, to their full potential. All the best, Kathleen