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Twitter accounts to follow 2018

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For many, using Twitter  (or other social media sites...)  is a quotidian experience. It helps them to keep informed about the world, and to make local and global connections. I started using Twitter around 10 years ago, and have found it the most useful way to connect with thousands of other educators, source resources and ideas, and keep up to date with global events. My account is  @GeoBlogs - if you visit you won't be able to see my tweets unless you follow me. My account is protected. This does however mean that because I have personally approved all the 4300+ people that follow me, I know that they are real people or organisations, and it is therefore a true follower figure, unlike most other accounts which are open and can therefore be followed by bots and have inflated reach. It also means that people have wanted to follow me, and they tend to stay following once they have started. For the last 4 or 5 years I've featured on the UKEdChat list of Twitter accounts

Favourite books of 2017

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I read a lot of great books in 2017 , and here are a few of the ones that I enjoyed the most... 'Outskirts' - John Grindrod 'Here we are' - Oliver Jeffers 'Oak, Ash and Thorn' - Peter Fiennes 'Ghosts of the Tsunami' - Richard Lloyd Parry 'The Island' - Barry Smith 'Lots' - Marc Martin 'The Explorer' - Katherine Rundell 'Thin Air'and 'Dark Matter' - Michelle Paver 'The Cure for Catastrophe' - Robert Muir Wood 'Reflections on Primary Geography' - Simon Catling 'Snow' - Marcus Sedgwick 'Trace' - Lauret Savoy Uniform Annual 2017 'Empire of Things' - Frank Trentmann '21st Century Yokel' - Tom Cox 'Off the Map' - Alastair Bonnett 'Nomadland' - Jessica Bruden 'Vertical' - Stephen Graham 'Land of Plenty' - Charles Pye Smith 'Icebreaker' - Horatio Clare 'Curiocity' - Henry Eliot and Matt Lloyd-Rose 'T

Looking forward to this film...

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