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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 commitment.
Unclasses.com is a site to connect people who want to learn about a topic with those in their area who want to teach it. It’s basically a marketplace for matching interest with passion. The actual (un)classes can be whatever you want them to be. People in your area suggest things they want to learn, others join, and someone volunteers to teach. It’s that simple.
(Un)classes are what we call casual learning, fun people exploring mutual interests in a stress-free (and non-competitive) social setting. And the community is in charge: wanna learn something no one is teaching, create a class and recruit a teacher; have a hobby you love and want to share, offer to teach it and assemble some students.
(Un)classes are all about intellectual curiosity and the joy of learning. They’re for people who want to explore the world around them, try out new hobbies, and get out of their boxes one (un)class at a time. If that sounds like you, then you’re exactly the type of person we want to form the core of the (un)class community.
It’s super easy to get involved, just follow this simple 4-step plan:
- Think about something you want to learn or maybe teach
- Get a hold of yourself, that’s a really long list you’ve already got there!
- Add as many of those ideas as you want in our I wanna learn! and I wanna teach! forms
- Feel awesome :-D
The classes submitted through these forms will be the first on unclasses.com when we launch this Tuesday at LaidOffCamp in San Francisco. And you will receive an email with your account information as soon as we go live. In the meantime, you can follow (un)classes on Twitter and of course stay tuned to this blog for the forthcoming hotness.
We’re truly excited about the prospect of building a great casual learning community and hope you will join us.
