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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. NSF SCI 04-38712
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. |
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This tutorial has been made to help in setup of inSORs software on PIGs (Personal Interface to the Grid) that have been installed in several rural Illinois K-12 schools. PIGs are a good way to connect small groups of people from all over the world through powerful application sharing and video conferencing.
In the past PIGs have been very useful in helping users participate in access grid (AG) activities without the expense of an AG room. While these PIG systems were relatively inexpensive for colleges and organizations (around $6000) the price was still limiting for some venues, such as rural high schools, that could greatly benefit from online visual collaboration. Today, computing technology has reached a point where even modest current day computer systems have the power to run AG software while processing several video and audio streams concurrently. |
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