Other courses offered at this writing include: “5 and Under: Restaurant-caliber food with less than 5 ingredients,” taught by a New York City chef;\u00a0 “Spy School – The Seeing Lab.” where, for $40 you can “learn how to notice and read facial micro-expressions;” and “Visual Means 101: Strategies for Beginning Photographers.”<\/p>\n

The project currently operates only in New York City, where Skillshare has amassed a \u201cvenue database\u201d that helps teachers find workable, affordable locations for their classes. Next up: San Francisco. In the meantime, Skillshare encourages community teachers in other areas to start thinking about classes they might want to lead and even to propose them as listings for Skillshare.<\/p>\n

An idea worth watching. What’s in your skill set?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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