Have you heard about CU-SEEME? CU-SeeMee allows people to communicate through the internet, not in the traditional way, which is to read what's written and respond by writing, but allowing people to see each other's faces and talk to each other.  Isn't this cool?!!!! As people talk about it these days how students will not have to go to school and teachers will not have to go to work since all the education will be done through the internet using a software like this.  The idea is that students and teachers will communicate through the computer and school will not have to exist anymore.  I am not particularly for that idea, but CU-SeeMee might be a potential software that can be used if that happens in the future.  I am not in favor of that idea because eduaction through the internet will reduce the chances that students can see each other and interact with one another.  That will reduce the chances that students can learn how to socialize with different people, etc.  Another problem would be discipline.  If parents are busy and are not able to stay with students during the day, nobody will be able to enforce them to participate in the class through the internet.  I am sure there are more problems than those that I mentioned, but these are some of the reasons why I don't like the education through the internet using this kind of software.
However, even if entire education would not have to be through the internet, CU-SeeMee might be used to help out students who have trouble with homework.  Students and teachers can set up a time to go into the internet and if anybody has some questions, then he/she can get help through those times.  That might be cool if that can happen, but it might take a while for that to happen since it will be hard for teachers to make sure every student has his/her own computer with internet system at home.
  I can get this right now through the online by downloading it to my computer.  Another way is to order through the online or fax and receive as a package and install it myself.  Lastly, the third way is to go to a store and buy one and install it myself.  If anybody outside of the country wants to buy this then there is an International Distributor that he/she can purchase from. I don't know much about how much it will cost in the future, but right now it seems like it will cost you $69.00 if you order it through online and download it.  It will be more expensive to order through mail probably because of the shipping and handling cost.  The listed price for that is $89.00.  wow...    To upgrade the program you already have, it will cost you about $49.00.  So, I guess it's not that cheap, but it's not as expensive as I thought it would be.
  http://www.wpine.com/Products/CU-SeeMe/
 


                         Hardware Requirements and Recommendations

Hardware Component            Requirement                Recommendation
 Processor                                66 MHz 486                90 MHz Pentium®
 RAM                                       32 MB                        64 MB
 Free hard disk space       50 MB (minimum install)       200 MB
 Monitor                                       VGA                        Super VGA
 CD-ROM drive (optional)            3X                             6X
 

I think most of high schools have computers with the minimum requirements.  It will all depend on which school district that we are talking about, but as of now, I see that it will be hard for poorer community schools to install CU-SeeMe.  However, all the resources are not limited to particular people or anything.  They are available if schools are willing to pay.