These are the links I sent to my UROPs to introduce them to surface-mount soldering:
Surface Mount Soldering 101
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NN7UGWYmBY
Really good video!
How to Solder SMD ICs the easy way!
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Solder-SMD-ICs-the-easy-way/
The first video in this link shows a different technique than the previous video: drag soldering. This is a good and fast way, that's what I use most of the time.
SFE Surface Mount Soldering Tutorials
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/category/2
Feel free to contact me at jfduval (at) mit (dot) edu if you have any questions or comments!