Live Video Language Learning with EduFire
March 23rd, 2008 by Dave
Since starting TeachStreet, we’ve met some incredible people — none moreso than Jon Bischke, the Founder of EduFire, a new live video language learning website.
While EduFire’s entirely different from what we’re trying to build at TeachStreet, Jon shares many of our shared passions — that the education system is broken in many ways, and that there are incredible teachers everywhere — they just need to be found, and empowered with tools to help them find passionate students (and vice versa)!
April 7th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I tried it a class on EduFire. I was surprised by how helpful it is to have a teacher on video with you while you learn.
It kept me accountable. Every time I wanted to click around the Internet or get lost in some other distraction, I realized on was on a 2-way Web cam and stayed focused.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I got a free lesson with edufire and thought it was terrific. There are lots of sites out there where you dont have to pay and I like that a lot!! Having said that, I did learn more with edufire in that hour just because the focus was all on me which was a bit scary at first but I liked it in the end. I am pretty sure that I will use them again. Cool place.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:50 am
[...] and there. Venture Hacks featured us (thanks Nivi!) and I noticed my buddy Dave over at TeachStreet wrote up a nice little post (kudos on the recent funding Dave!). Even got a quick mention in the LA Business Journal. More to [...]