3/8/10

Bobbing for Blogs

In discovering how to create and populate relevant Instructional Design and Technology content for a blog, I came across three blogs that focused on Instructional Design and technology. As a new scholar of IDT, my mission was to find blogs that provided historical, present and “futuristic” content. I also looked for blogs that were updated between today and three months ago. I looked for blogs that had a significant amount of followers that made consistent contribution. As the “blogestosphere” in relation to IDT is fairly new, it was a challenge finding blogs that have a strong mix of theoretical content, educational innovation, and visual attractiveness. However, the blogs listed below are a compilation of IDT blogs that I found interesting, innovative and informative.

Blog 1: Lighting in a Bottle is a blog created by Conn McQuinn, is director of the Educational Technology Support Center at Puget Sound ESD in Renton Washington. McQuinn has a little over 31 years working in educational technology. Lightning in a Bottle was selected because I felt that McQuinn could provide a seasoned review of Instructional Design and Technolgy. McQuinn's wisdom could serve as a good resource to the evolution of Instructional Design and Technology.
Click here to read more about Lightening in a Bottle.

Blog 2: eLearing Concepts is a wonderful and up-to-date blog created by Dr. Mary Nicholson, Instructional Design and Technology at Bloomsburg University. I selected this blog because the content was up to date and I like the idea of learning from other students outside of Walden. I think that this site will generate a present-day fresh eye to Instructional Design and Technology.
Click here to read more about eLearning Concepts

Blog 3: Technology for Teachers K-12 is a blog created by Amy Boehman-Pollitt, a teacher specialist for instructional technology for a public school system. As a teacher with experience ranging from K-12 and some college course, Amy's blog provides a range of topics that are applicable to learns young and old. I am especially excited about the blog as it is visually stimulating and I believe that Amy's has her finger on the pulse of education, technology and innovation.
Click here to read more about Technology for Teachers K-12.

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