No longer is geography or money a barrier in receiving a global education. I can learn anywhere at anytime. That's the beauty of it. And ISIS also offers technical support by Virtual Indiana Classroom Network Operations Support Specialists (VICNOSS). In interviews from The Case Study at Jamestown, Lee performed an ethnographic study of two middle school classrooms that were using the ISIS program. He found that teachers provided positive feedback regarding implementation and students were quite interested in the technology. Of the challenges, the excitement subsided after the initial exposure and there was not sufficient planning in using volunteers for the program. For more information, you can go to: http://crlt.indiana.edu/isis/ISIS_About%20ISIS.htm.
Some tools that can be used for collaboration are:
1. Adobe Connect Pro: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html
2. AnyMeeting: http://www.anymeeting.com/
3. Collanos: http://www.collanos.com/
4. ConceptShare: http://www.conceptshare.com/
5. Google Groups: http://groups.google.com;
7. Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/
8. Dimdim: http://www.dimdim.com/
9. Elluminate: http://www.elluminate.com/
10. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
11. Google Hangouts: http://www.google.com/
12. GoToMeeting: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/
13. GroupTweet: http://www.grouptweet.com/
14. Ning: http://www.ning.com/
15. OpenStudy: http://openstudy.com/
16. PBworks: http://pbworks.com/
17. SlideRocket: http://www.sliderocket.com/
20. StartWright (virtual teams): http://www.startwright.com/virtual.htm
21. TwitterGroups: http://twittgroups.com/index.php
22. TypeWithMe: http://typewith.me/
23. Twibes (Twitter Groups): http://www.twibes.com/
24. Twiddla: http://www.twiddla.com/
25. Twitter: http://twitter.com/
26. Twitter Groups: http://twittgroups.com/
27. Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/
28. Virtual Edge for Teams: http://www.virtualteams.com/
29. WebEx: http://www.webex.com/
30. Wet Paint: http://www.wetpaint.com/
31. Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/
32. Windows Live Groups: http://groups.live.com/
33. Writeboard: http://writeboard.com/
34. Yahoo! Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com