Instructional Design Resources

While perusing instructional design sites, I was flooded with the amount of information dedicated to this topic.  Being in education, I design instruction everyday.  However, I guess I didn't realize how instuctional design encompassed so many fields and opportunities. The first site I bookmark was http://christytucker.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/instructional-design-and-e-learning-blogs/, and under that site I was drawn to http://in-the-middle-of-the-curve.blogspot.com/ because it is the blog of someone who has worked in teh field for many years.  She has substantial links to resources and has great insight into her real life problems as a deliverer of instruction. The blog under that same intitial site that I found value in was http://blog.thewritersgateway.com/. This site caught my attention because the entry was "Time to Eliminate Online Tutorials?"  While studying this field and seeing the changes in education, I found the entry fascinating.  Then, I scrolled down to find helpful reviews of technology used to instructional delivery.  I try to stay current on technology in my classroom, so I find it helpful.  A resource that is not a blog that I found helpful is http://www.instructionaldesign.org/. On here there are all sorts of learning models.  I wish I would have looked at this one before my intial discussion post to help give more depth to my analysis. Finally, I did use the link from our resources http://en.wordpress.com/tag/instructional-design/.  I liked this site because I can easily join the discussion.  Plus, I find all the different perspectives interesting.  I like the comfortability and networking of the atmosphere.