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The best of the web this month ... 

All the things we tweeted about last month in one handy list. 

Designers of the Bird's Nest stadium to build this year's @SerpentineUK Pavilion bit.ly/xrVUAH
 
What's the right age to be introduced to Dickens? Are we forcing our children to read him too early? bit.ly/yNebR5
 
Secret London: photos of lost rivers & abandoned London bit.ly/z4eLqw 
 
Ooh, what was the weather like when you were born? Historical records on these maps bit.ly/zZ8FKL 
 
What is Africa tweeting? How Twitter is being used in Africa today:bit.ly/Ax1TiW
 
Interesting view on how best to teach children English from UAE Gulf News bit.ly/AwOFyF
 
Keeping it local - launch of @TheBristolPound bbc.in/yNaz55 And the @brixtonpound bbc.in/zCHVAz
 
Mightily impressed with the igloo in photo 4! bbc.in/wmBP5z
 
Some amazing extreme cold weather photos @big_picture. This is my favourite bo.st/yOMUog 
 
Mapping remote places: A lonely planet wrld.at/lp 
 
Do you really need only English to get on in the world? Read tgr.ph/xGl3ea and discuss in as many different languages as you can!
 
Alternative tube map: The Chromatic Underground map bit.ly/w4wnF1 
 
Nicely designed website about the dangers of fracking bit.ly/wBV3Jj
 
The human cost of an iPad nyti.ms/wMzMq4 
 
Free revision quizzes for AQA AS Geography My Revision Notes to brighten up your Monday morning here bit.ly/yktFna
 
Keri Smith is this week's resident thinker @nowhere_island - I like her ideas! Esp 3, 4, 6*, 8 & 9! bit.ly/wWZI2S 
 
Like this - save paper! Use bit.ly/AeO92t to print out parts of webpages without including ads etc 
 
The Queen has planted her oak tree making her One in a Million this month for Jubilee Woods. ow.ly/8QY7H
 
Will London win a green Olympic medal? bbc.in/xUSNy9
NASA releases alternative hi-res "Blue Marble" image for ppl who don't want their planet centred on America ;-) bit.ly/x8hArT
 
Pretty clouds today - fairytale fluffy! Which reminds me of the Hachette family @SceptreBooks' book 
 
Poverty to Prosperity | new project, development awareness w/ teaching resources bit.ly/yGDdd5 
 
Have a look at this project on Skype in the Classroom: My life/Your life bit.ly/wd4kkj 
 
Studying earthquakes? We've collated together useful web links in one handy list bit.ly/A3KOuJ 
 
Studying population? We've collated together useful web links in one handy list bit.ly/zzKZ2A 
 
Web watch - what caught our eye on the web in Jan (& what we've been tweeting about in 1 handy list!) bit.ly/qQQoIe
 
And the article to go with it about the baby boom bbc.in/yIRAdK
 
Fab interactive population pyramids graphics showing census data 1911-2001 bit.ly/y02UdE 
 
Google StreetView car/giant milk bottle. What a world we live in.bit.ly/zuLy4V
 
Interesting article about San Francisco's rubbish bbc.in/ysH0az 
 
Why?! Glacier thief arrested in Chile bit.ly/xv4W6k
 
How bizarre! Germany's meteorology institute allows sponsorship of weather systems bbc.in/zG05wK 
 
Map of comparisons of racial & ethnic makeup for US metro areas in 2000 vs 2010 bit.ly/z9IphG 
 
Map shows Midtown Manhattan has more energy use than whole of Kenya bit.ly/w5pq1J 
 
Inside the lost island of New York: Eerie pictures by @kingston_lounge of abandoned leper colony bit.ly/ysTnf7 
 
This is such a fantastic photo of Tokyo life - so surreal! bit.ly/yTRlPw 
 
Some great @PhilipAllanPlus CPD coming up, including Inspirational Geography with @daviderogers 3/7 bit.ly/AAS7i8
 
Some great @PhilipAllanPlus CPD coming up, including developing a #PLN with @GeoBlogs & @Dave905947 bit.ly/AAS7i8
 
If you still receive letters with stamps (I know, a rarity) save them up & send them to @RNIB's stamp recycling scheme bit.ly/A7EgoN
 
Nice Icelandic volcanic eruption mystery activity by @barks1975on @TESconnect bit.ly/zALakG 
 




 

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Resource of the month
Our resource of the month is still This is Geography 3 and John Widdowson's excellent chapter on teaching the Olympics. 
Over to you!
Get in touch with your suggestions for things of geographical interest that you've spotted on the web – we'd love to hear from you!