T is for Training

If this is your year to buckle down and tackle a social media strategy, it's time to get serious. The time for oohing and ahhing is rapidly drawing to a close,

Few writers have given me more to think about in the last few years than Daniel Pink and, in particular, his book A Whole New MInd, which Kylene Beers asked us all to read one year before we gathered for...

Learning at MRRL

Robin Hastings upcoming Blogging and Lifestreaming book link at Amazon.

MRRL Twitter account

During the winter of 2007, a UCLA professor of psychiatry named Gary Small recruited six volunteers-three experienced Web surfers and three

Librarian In Black Blog

Hastings provides a complete glossary for using important "Twitter Lingo", as well as a guide to recommended print and web resources for further related reading. As you'll find with each of the other nine Tech Set guides, the discussion is accessible to the novice who wants to learn the technology and how to implement it, as well as the seasoned pro charged with translating "best practice" examples to the local setting and quantifying the results.

While there are still some educators who dispute the importance of technology in the classroom, there is no dispute over the fact that technology is here to stay in schools. Whether you are one of those tech-savvy teachers who can't get enough of technology news and ideas or you are a teacher just learning to embrace technology in the classroom, these blogs offer a wealth of information straight from teachers and other professionals in the education field themselves.