11A+Justin

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Khan Academy is an increadible site. There are literally thousands of "lessons" for teaching basically anything. They could be used themselves for teaching, or to "teach the teacher." I see one enormous Jewish area for their use: in yeshiva day schools, where I very often see my collegues (who usually have little to no secular education) teaching, for example, world history or algebra. (No license is required to teach at such schools...and secular studies isn't their focus anyway.) This website could ensure a much more well developed lesson in areas or a specific topic with which the teacher might not be so familar.

[] Flickr is, of course, the web's "go to" site for pictures of all kinds that are free for use. I was recently teaching a class on Chassidic Sages at a synagogue, and I was pleasantly shocked at the amount of photos of Jewish sages past and present that are on Flickr. Also easy to find are photos of their graves, birthplaces, shuls, etc. In my teaching at school, I use flickr to find a photos that illustrate the lesson being taught...these are also readily available.