Authentic Assessment Activity
Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
This website is used to create rubrics to assess users knowledge.
Teachnology is beneficial because it allows users to create their own rubric or to use previous rubrics that was generated by other users.

Exam Builder
http://www.exambuilder.com/
This website allows the instructor to build assessments and publish them for use online.
Exam Builder is beneficial because there are no downloads or plug ins required.

Author Stream
http://www.authorstream.com/
This website allows users to upload power points and to collaborate in real time.
Author Stream allows the user to create a presentation on their own cpu unit using power point that usually come with Microsoft Office. This website allows the user to share video embedded and animations.
You Tube
www.youtube.com
This website allows users to upload videos.
This website is valuable because it is free and very popular. Most internet users have seen youtube and are familiar with the sites layout.

Bubble Us
https://bubbl.us/
This website allows the user to develop a mind map to link terms or ideas to other terms or ideas.
It is easy to create the bubbles. Each bubble's color may be changed and text size may be adjusted. Bubbl.us saves up to three mind maps onto its website to the user's account.

Education Place
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
This website offers different links to many types of graphic organizers.
This site is useful because the user may go to one site and how different options of graphic organizers.

Survey Monkey
www.surveymonkey.com
This website allows the instructor to create a survey to test the prior knowledge of the persons taking the course.
This website is valuable because the instructor can take the information from his audience and better develop the course to meet their needs. Also if the instructor is offering more than one course then he could group individuals based on their skill levels/

Teacher Tube Video on How to Create a Blog
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=170686
This website allows the participant of the course to view a video on how to create a blog. Students will now have prior knowledge once they partake in the course.
Teacher Tube is a website geared for educators. Searching from this site will generate more videos that are viable candidates.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm
This website is a simple explanation to what blogs are. It uses a rollover technique in which the user mouses over the question and the answer appears on the side. The technology is simple and would not distract the user which would make it learner centered. "Multimedia learning refers to learning from words and Pictures"(Mayer, 2009, p.3), This site is a clear reflection on what Mayer plans on using multimedia learning.

http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-in-classroom-why-how-and-lots.html
This is a learner centered website that covers the entire spectrum of blogs. The website explains what blogs are, research on blogs, which free platforms to use, ratings of blogging platforms, and educational rationale for pedagogy of blogging. This website is learner centered because they can navigate through this site to what is important to them. Mayer states " multimedia designs that are consistent with the way the human mind works are more effective in fostering learning than those that are not." (Mayer, 2009, p. 13). This site clearly follow this method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJviNEjAjw
This is a learner centered website that uses cognitive activity and serves as a tutorial on how to set up classroom blog using wordpress. Mayer explains, "technology should complement human abilities, aid those activities for which we are poorly suited, and enhance and help develop those for which we are ideally suited (Mayer, 2009, p. 13). The tutorial on this website clearly covers Mayer's statemet.

References:
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University
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