Gadget, gadgets, gadgets GALORE!

Houston, we have landed! ... Here I am in Houston at the Texas Library Association Conference. Today my com padre(sp?) and I are enjoying ourselves in a Library 2.0 preconference session, and there are a TON of gadgets being introduced and covered today! Wikis, blogs, online survey tools, Google Docs, web cams, and RSS ... just to name a few!

It's heaven for a techie! And even better, the presenters are demonstrating how to use these tools within education -- LOVING it!

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