Andrea+Abel

=Andrea Abel=

Unit 3
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Andrea, I like the British accent and Harry Potter has created many a reader! BJ Andrea, This loks great! the British accent is a great touch. The first Harry Potter is one of my favorites too. Anne

Andrea... Love it. Students will love playing with the different accents as did I.... Meghan

I like the accent too! The wardrobe that you found really matches the character! - Jill

Unit 4 - DBT #1
media type="custom" key="10600418" Andrea, I really liked this DBT, especially the music (love Adele)! BJ

Andrea, I loved your use of drawings of the characters! The map was a great addition too! - Jill Wow! I want to show this to my students. Music and pics were great... no Awesome! ! Meghan

**Unit 6 Book Talk #1**
media type="custom" key="10825037" Andrea... This book is on my list for my library. Great delivery! You were calm, cool and collected. Kudos. Glad we get to put faces to names. :) Meghan Andrea~ This book reminds me of Glass Castles. I can't even imagine being strong enough to survive and thrive in these conditions. Thanks for letting me know about this book~ Anne Andrea, your book talk was fantastic! You captured the total mayhem that was Liz's life and her strong will to survive and thrive. BJ I love the visual effects you added to your video! Your definitely sparked my interest in this book! -Jill

Unit 8 - DBT #2
media type="file" key="DBT 2.wmv" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="DBT 2.wmv" width="300" height="300" Andrea, I was able to get your DBT in and viewed it a few times...but when I came back this evening, it seemed to be stuck...so I reloaded it and then both played, go figure! But I really liked the colors, music, pictures and text you used for this book trailer. BJ (You are right! Much better in Explorer- thanks!) Thanks! It works if you open it in internet explorer. Your DBT came out great! I love the quotes with the pictures in the background! -Jill Andrea... Great trailer. So professional. I was moved to find out this story and my was paying attention and wanted more, which I guess that means I need to read it. Meghan

Unit 9 Book Talk #2
media type="custom" key="11062778" __Tales of Beedle the Bard__ by JK Rowling Andrea- What a great Voke. When I read your review on GoodreadsI wrote this book down on my "must read" list... Seeing this makes me bump the title closer to the top of the list! Thanks! Anne So cute! I love the little old wizard! Awesome job!! - Kelly Andrea, love the teeth and accent on this wizard and what a great companion to Harry Potter! A great and different kind of book talk BJ Andrea- I love the idea of using the Voki as a book talk medium. It creates something really unique that captures your interest right away! I can't wait to read this book. ~Kellie Using a Voki is such a fun way to do a booktalk. I loved how your wizard pulled in the reader by asking them if they missed Harry Potter. Great job! - Jill do Kids would love using voki to do a booktalk. This was spot on! Sounds just like the wizard. I am a HP fan but only by the movies. :) Meghan

Unit 11 DBT #3
media type="custom" key="11291866" The music is perfect! What a great job! This book or the movie for that matter didn't interest me, however now I'm willing to at least give the movie a try! (lol) Thanks for sharing! - Kelly I loved this trailer. The music and the pictures told the story perfectly (pun intended!!) I was singing along too!!! Thanks! Anne Andrea, This DBT was great, I enjoyed the pictures, especially the hands clasped together and the "change" photo! I especially loved the music, listened to it and watched it a few times:) BJ Great job! Your DBT really pulled me into the story. A colleague recommended the book to me, and after seeing your trailer, I'll definitely look into it soon. Great music too! -Jill This DBT was fantastic! The photos fit the story and the music was great! I can't wait to read it again. ~Kellie Andrea... I watched your DBT last. I worked my way up from my name which is last... and so glad I did. All were excellent but depressing... Yours was so uplifting. And you do what I would like to do, use the music the kids listen to and apply it to a book. Kudos!... Meghan

Unit 12 Book Talk #3
media type="custom" key="11419320" Andrea, This sounds great! I loved R&J in high school...What can be better than R&J with a modern twist! I will put it on my list..ThanksAnne Wow, a paranormal influence on Romeo and Juliet! This sounds like a lot of fun! -Jill Andrea... Teens would love this to compare to R & J. How clever! Thanks for sharing.... Meghan Thanks for this! I just bought this book the other day and am really looking forward to reading it! - Kelly Andrea, I am a sucker for Romeo and Juliet and the different read-alikes, your great book talk has this one going on my TBR shelf! BJ

Unit 13 Top Ten
media type="custom" key="11419926" This Prezi is fun to navigate around. Love the background picture!.~Thanks Anne Great Job! I've seen lots of Prezi presentations, and have always enjoyed them :) - Kelly Andrea, this is a great Prezi, beautiful blue background and I love your favorite choices--I need to read //Between Shades of Gre//y, thanks for reminding me! BJ Your Prezi was a lot of fun! I liked navigating through to see all of your top picks. Great job! -Jill I love that you used a Prezi for your top ten! It was fun to jump around and check out your picks. Plus, I didn't need to pause a video to write down the books I wanted to add to my list! ~Kellie I really need to investigate Prezi. I love how it navigates and shows students how a brainstorm or topic comes all together... Meghan

Unit 15 Author Study
media type="custom" key="11722744" Andrea~ I love how there are no spaces in your collage. Really cool. I also like the colors it is so cheerful! Anne Andrea, I love the //Florence and the Machine// soundtrack, Dessen's website and blog, kudos for her work. A great Glogster! BJ I love the way you set this up :) Looks great! - Kelly Andrea... So cute! It looks like a poster a teenage girl would have in her room. Love it! I like how you used all her books as the background. I would not have the patience to figure that out. Best of luck... Meghan Andrea- I loved the way you did your background and how seamlessly the book covers fit into the glog! The song is fantastic as well! Love it all. ~Kellie