Stuckspace
Stuckspace is the homework help space. With teenagers currently expected to produce over half a billion hours of homework a year, we thought it was time for them to get a little help. Stuckspace is a collaborative space where you can post questions that they you’re stuck on and peers can post tips, answers or links that help. Like Yahoo answers, but much more focused. It leverages a technique that has proved successful in the workplace: if you don’t know, ask someone who has been there before.
Without help its easy to become frustrated and needlessly discouraged from schoolwork. Parents can sometimes help, but our research has shown they’re frequently unable to assist. Or you can look at static web content, but that’s generic. Or you can turn to friends via IM, but that’s a small pool and subject to all those insecurities about not getting it.