Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources

Understanding How The Brain Learns
http://nichcy.org/schoolage/effective-practices/brain101

     This site expresses what researchers have developed over the years. It discusses how the improvements will lead to educational programs and allow us to expand our knowledge as we learn about the brain. With the advancement of technology we are able to look inside of the head and see how the brain is function. It goes on to give extended resources to help give more insight on brain functions.

     This site allows people to understand the growth that has come with the development of how the brain works. It gives insight on where we have been and where we are going the more we learn about the functions.

How the Brain Learns Best
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/brainlearns.htm

     This site explains how we are changing the brain and using this muscle to maintain and receive information. The brain needs to exercised with different learning tools. By knowing helpful learning strategies it gives the learner a chance to relate what works for them.

     It also describes how the neural system goes fatigue quickly. A person has to be able to pay attention in oder to learn. The mind has to take a rest in order to respond to the new information that is being taught. It gives ways to help children be more receptive to learning facts.

This is a great site for instructional teachers because it helps with pointing out what is going on when the brain is learning new material.

Instructional Design Concepts
This blog is to help ensure that your presentation has all its components when creating blogs. It suggest that a blogger uses the ADDIE Model to make sure it provides the readers attention. It stands for:
A-Analysis
D-Design
D-Develop
I-Implementation
E-Evaluation
This blog will take you step by stop in understanding design concepts and creating your story book.

Instructional Design Conferences
This blog provides an elearning software to help with distance learning. This site is collaborating growth developing and networking. You can review different trainings and gain performance improvements through the elearning guide. This blog also provides helpful ways of incorparting instruction though the use of technology. It gives insite on new enjoyable workshops, and education to improve different learning techniques.

Blogging and instructional design
This blog is explaining the improvement of learning through the use of blogs. Its the point of view of an instructor and his anaylis of how bloging is used to personalize the voice of students and use Instructional Design as a tool instead of just a task. The instructtor goes on to explorer how the blogs demonstrated how the students are developing through distant learning.

The blogs that I have choosen was helpful to me as I was creating this assignment. It provided me with helpful hints for my future assignments and a useful purpose of blogging and education.