TeachStreet: A New Social Learning Site

by Richard Nantel on April 21, 2008

TeachstreetA new social Web site has just appeared, designed to put learners and instructors together. TeachStreet’s (www.teachstreet.com) beta launch currently focuses on the Seattle area and boasts a listing of 25,000 available classes. Topics include anything and everything:

  • Languages
  • Fitness
  • Hobbies
  • Academic subjects
  • Etc.

How It Works:

  1. Search for a topic you’d like to learn. (Since I’m currently experiencing a bit of insanity in considering running a marathon this fall, I typed in “Marathon Training.”)
  2. The system provided a list of instructors who provide marathon training in the Seattle area.
  3. I could sort the list to find an instructor close to me geographically, or I could sort the list based on ratings by other TeachStreet users.
  4. Clicking on an instructor provided a description of the training provided, a Google map showing the person’s location, photos, links to see who “favorited” this teacher, links to send an e-mail to and write a review of the instructor, and a link to forward the listing to a friend.

The service is free and makes money through ads and providing links to related products on Amazon.

This looks like a great Web service. I can hardly wait for it to include resources in my geographic area. Well done, TeachStreet!

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June 4, 2008 at 1:20 pm

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Dave Schappell April 30, 2008 at 12:40 am

Richard — thanks for the post. We really appreciate it — and, we can’t wait to come to your area, too! It’s been an extremely busy 8-9 days since launch, almost so much so that we forgot that we’re still not double-digits old yet!

Onward!

Dave Schappell
Founder and CEO
TeachStreet

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