3 nominations from readers

• SOE is an e-bay for learning, more focussed than a craigslist but just as viral. It could have a huge impact on how knowledge is shared and power is distributed.

  Nominated by Molly Webb, 17 February 2008

• Great teaching is all about inspiring someone and for that, there's nothing quite like face-to-face communication. School of Everything is all about facilitating this kind of offline interaction using online tools to draw on the long tail of teaching talent that exists out there.

  But School of Everything isn't just about connecting people, it's also about changing the way we learn and how we think about education. Traditionally, education has been a top-down affair. Teachers talk; pupils listen, whilst the system decides what it is they should know, how they should prove they know it and what they will get out of knowing it. School of Everything turns this on its head: everyone has something to teach - whether you're a professional tutor, a committed hobbyist or simply someone with something interesting to share. Learning is all about pursuing what you're passionate about, meeting new people and having fun - it's an end in itself, not just a means to an end.

  The team has just secured their first round of investment and they're working away building a strong community of users, with support from the likes of the Young Foundation and Channel 4 Education.

  22 May 2008

• The team at School of Everything is a very interesting and inspirational group of social innovators. Their collective vision and energy, articulated through their social learning network (both on and offline), is about the appreciation of learning through and around personal relationships, creating opportunities to connect knowledge with interests.

  Long term SOE has the real potential to impact very widely how people view learning, not just as a formal, academic or tradition path to qualifications and a career, but as a life-long engagement with our own curiosity.

  This expansion of how learning is perceived and organised is made all the more exciting but direct connection with others. Most importantly it is also a new way of interacting with concepts of learning, participating not just as an enthusiastic and reflective learner but also as a contributor.

  It is a wonderful project.

  Nominated by Tessy Britton, 23 May 2008