April 2010
1 post
WatchVideo: Dale Dougherty on A Smart Grid for Education
March 2010
1 post
Let's get that Seed On: Start Veggies from Seed w/...
With spring in the air, Bay Area gardeners are getting to work on their first plantings.
This past Saturday morning, Vicki Tuite hosted an unclass on starting plants from seed. Vicki is a Master Gardener trained in Oregon; she began gardening ‘recreational crops’ 30 years ago. ;)
We met Vicki at a park in Redwood City. She arrived with an arsenal of gardening materials: potting soil, a...
January 2010
3 posts
“Conflict: In a society which emphasises teaching, children and students- and...”
– A Pattern Language: Network of Learning
“Informal learning can at its best transform people’s lives. Whether it’s...”
– School of Everything | Talking about a Learning Revolution
“Instead, continued brain development and a richer form of learning may require...”
– Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com
August 2009
1 post
“People are good and trustworthy and generally just concerned with getting...”
– Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess
April 2009
2 posts
“Unschooling, by contrast, starts with the realization that you ‘own’...”
– How to Save the World
Cooking with @steveray and unclasses
Hats off to Steve Raymond for teaching the first unclass in Los Angeles this weekend - ‘Cook More Often, Eat Better.’ The reviews have been off the hook and it looks like everyone had a fun afternoon learning about ways to bring great cooking into their lives while meeting a group of like-minded folks. On his blog, Steve shares his syllabi (reposted below) and experience as the...
March 2009
12 posts
Jellyfish FTW!!! - an (un)classes teacher featured...
Alex Andon’s Jellyfish Art Aquariums were featured in a NYTimes article recently. This talented, passionate dude is also the teacher of the popular upcoming “Sailing 101” (un)class.
(un)classes is all about giving people like Alex a way to share with others. Very excited to have him as an early member of our community and looking forward to the class!
Alex’s pitch:
...
(un)class of the Day #3 - 'Host Events on the...
Class Name: Host Events on the Cheap for Fun and Profit!
About the Class: How to go about creating and hosting social events for friends or business contacts in an affordable manner. Learn how to negotiate locations, talk to sponsors, and bring interesting people together for an unforgettable event.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Teacher: Tyler Willis
About the Teacher: My name is Tyler Willis,...
Hacking Education and the Power of the People
Fred Wilson and Albert Wegner of Union Square Ventures brought a group of leading thinkers, educators, and entrepreneurs together this past Friday to discuss the future of eductation. On his blog, Fred shared eleven key takeaways from the event and many of them speak to the core of what we’re working on at (un)classes.
2) Alternative forms of education (home schooling, charter schools,...
(un)class of the Day #2 - 'How to Create The...
Class Name: How to Create The Greatest Rock Song of All Time
About the Class: Using some basics of music theory, and principals of rock lyricism, structure, volume and overcoming fear of shitty sentimentality, I will teach you how to create the greatest rock music single in the history of the world. You will write it, and you will put it on heavy rotation in your car.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Oops, we're global.
We’ve already had a couple requests to support locations outside the US & Canada. So, we decided to accidentally implement it. ;-)
It turns out the APIs we’re using to turn the value entered in the Zip field on the edit Class page into a metro area for our system to use as filters actually support post codes beyond the US & Canada. I’ve tested UK post codes, and they...
(un)classes Lives!
*breathes* Wow! What an incredible ~100 hrs since Rahmin and I first started seriously talking about launching something for LaidOffCamp and 9:30am today when unclasses.com went live!
I’ll write a longer post later, but Rahmin and I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to the incredible team of passionate people who gave up their weekend (and Monday night) for nothing more than their...
“Learning seems to occur when kids have to figure things out for themselves (or...”
– great post on education by my partner Albert (link below). My dad was a college professor and he would always make his students start class by “taking boards” and teaching each other. the greatest way to learn is by teaching.
Thinking about Education and Learning - Continuations
(via fred-wilson)
(un)class of the Day #1 - 'how to be a digital...
We haven’t even launched the site yet, and we’re already getting some incredible ideas for things people want to teach and learn! Our deepest thanks to everyone who has chipped in to get us off to a great start.
This is the first in our (most likely quasi-) daily series highlighting our favorite submissions from the community. Here it is, numero uno:
Class Name: how to be a digital...
Unconference Zen from LaidOffCamp
Open Space Principles and The Law of Mobility & Responsibility:
Principles:
Whoever comes is the right person
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
Whenever it starts is the right time
When it’s over, it’s over
The Law of Mobility and Responsibility (aka The Law of Two Feet):
“If you are not learning or contributing where you are, find a place where you can learn or...
Our first blog write-up (kinda) →
Does it count if it is a direct result of me pestering Russell (as he discloses in his post)?Other than that, it’s actually a pretty nice write-up and will hopefully kick-start some buzz for us. Thanks Russell! :-)
And, don’t forget to submit classes you wanna learn or wanna teach to be included when we launch this week!
WTF is an (un)class? or On Diversified Living →
A post on my personal blog explaining casual learning and why I’m so psyched for (un)classes.
Behold, (un)classes!
Ever wish you had the option to get up off the couch and spend the afternoon learning to rock climb, cook, or maybe juggle? Well, we have and that’s why we came up with (un)classes. (Un)classes are to continuing education what BarCamps are to conferences — a lightweight, low-pressure, and most of all fun way to explore topics that interest you without having to make a big up-front...
February 2009
2 posts
One Brick →
‘casual volunteerism’