ONLINE SHARED MEETING SPACES

Teachers use shared Meeting Spaces for interactive online experiences.  This is a great improvement over slides, audiotape, or even pre-recorded presentations.  Live interaction, even over the Internet, is the best way to attend class.  The second best way to participate in a Web conference, when a student cannot be physically in the same classroom (or even the same time zone), is to download audio/video tapes of the interactive sessions.

Web conferencing has extensions for mobile computing, so that students can attend from anywhere, at any time, on any Internet-compatible device. Many shared meeting spaces are used for topics other than education.  Social media, gaming, and clubs can connect in the same manner.
When interactive audio (or time-delayed audio) is not an issue, then shared meeting spaces can be used to trade documents. Document sharing sites are easier than email for revision or commentary; updates and communications are located in only one place, and the volume of emailed attachments is greatly reduced.