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    TeachStreet: A New Social Learning Site

    By Richard Nantel | 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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    2 Responses to “TeachStreet: A New Social Learning Site”

    1. Dave Schappell Says:
      April 30th, 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

    2. Moving From Me To We.com » Blog Archive » Let’s All Play Games and Learn Together Says:
      June 4th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

      […] find nearby instructors or propose to teach a topic - in person - at another smart Me2We start-up in Seattle, David Schappell’s Teach Street. Michael Harrington dubbed it “sort of Yelp […]

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