Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/
Voicethread is an online tool for facilitating collaborative discourse around media. Users create Voicethreads by uploading images, video, and documents to the site. Each upload creates one frame in the Voicethread. The creator can then narrate each frame using his or her voice or by adding text to each frame. Voicethread is an effective tool for presenting information asynchronously. Once an instructor creates a Voicethread other users, or students, can comment and discuss what the instructor created.

Prezi: http://prezi.com/
Prezi is a free online presentation creation site. Unlike PowerPoint, which presents information in a linear fashion, Prezi allows instructors to present information in a more dynamic way. As users click through a Prezi, the presentation appears to fly up, down, backwards, forwards, and diagonally through visual effects. Prezi offers users a variety of backgrounds to choose from, and users can also upload images, and video links to their Prezi. The visual movement of a Prezi may be distracting to some learners, but it may also be attractive so learners who prefer a nonlinear, dynamic presentation of information. Instructors must decide when and how to use a Prezi to present information.

Bubbl.Us: https://bubbl.us/
Bubbl.Us is an online concept map creator. Users can make up to three mind maps/concept maps for no cost. There is also a paid version if users wish to create more than three maps. Using Bubbl.Us make it easy to create color-coded, graphic organizers to depict an idea or concept as a visual. Once the mind map is created, users can download it as a jpeg image and embed it into a blog, wiki page, document, and so on. Ease or use, cost effectiveness, and high quality imaging make Bubbl.Us is an effective tool for creating graphic organizers.

Tiki Toki: http://www.tiki-toki.com/
Tiki Toki is an online interactive timeline creator. It is free to users, but as with other online tools, there is a paid version that affords users more space. Tiki Toki is an effective tool for creating vivid graphic organizers in the form of color-coded timelines. Users can include not only text in each node on the timeline, but also video, hyperlinks, and images. It is easy to use and easy to embed into other websites.

Google Forms: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/87809?hl=en
Google Forms is part of the suite of online tools in Google Drive. Google Forms allows users to create online quizzes that can be used to pre-assess students' knowledge. Once students complete the pre-assessment, they can complete and anticipatory activity in which they answer predictive questions about course content. Google Forms is an effective tool because it enables the creator to access and analyze survey/quiz results in real time both graphically and in raw numbers/responses.

Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Jing is a free online application that allows users to capture activity on their desktop as video. It is a screen-casting app. Users download it to their computers and use it to create short video tutorials. Jing is an excellent tool for pre-training because it is free, easy to use, and it enables instructors to create high quality tutorial videos.