I've decided to take an independent study this semester, and I'm looking for something research worthy that I can conceivably build in a semester. The professor I've teamed up with focuses on pedagogy and reliable systems, so I'd prefer to do something in those areas.<p>I've previously tried to set up classes in the high school I graduated from to teach interested students how to program/build websites/etc., but it seems my old high school is uninterested in educating their students for free (go figure). I suppose with connections in the university, I could probably do this more easily, so I haven't ruled out trying to figure out how to get high school students interesting in CS. I have a particular draw to this because if it were not for a particularly good teacher in high school, I would've never discovered my passion for CS.<p>I'm a web developer by day, so doing something with the web is also of interest to me. One idea I had kicking around was to build an automatic failover to EC2 for sites not hosted on EC2.<p>If anyone has any other ideas or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.
Ask HN: Does anyone have ideas for an independent study?