[elboheme]

This: http://mentorapp.org/

For me this was a potential solution to one of the fundamental problems with education: it is full of unchallenging, unrelated-to-life, contrived tasks. When any process (creative writing, math, coding) is harnessed to a fascinating, meaningful-to-students goal I believe you get motivation. And creativity.

So this service would just help mentors and apprentices in all sorts of fields find each other.

This idea was originally inspired by Dr. Tae's presentation:

"Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning: Why is skateboarding a better model for education than school?"

[jbr]

Wow, I've been thinking of building something like this lately fairly seriously. Why did you stop?

I wasn't able to find anything at mentorapp.org; has the hosting expired?

I'd love to talk about possibly collaborating on this (although I think it would be tough to monetize, so I see it as more of a "pro-bono side project"). My contact info is in my profile.