YouTube in the Classroom

YouTube is a great source for visual information including pictures, speeches, and videos.
I think there are many ways students could use this in the classroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA
Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire". I would have groups research a certain number of events from the song, create visuals for a powerpoint, and then present their events to the class. In the end, as a class, we would create one final video with all visuals from the song (and an intro) and post it on YouTube. All groups would have presented (and researched Billy Joel and the song) and gained some ownership of some of the big events and people from 1949-1989.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
Video of the entire "I Have a Dream" speech given by Dr. King. I have shown this in the past and would work with my English 11 teacher to fully dissect the speech and historical era. I could see us collaborating together to have students analyze the speech, perhaps present a specific portion of the speech, and further study the Civil Rights Era.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=history+of+rock+and+roll+documentary&search_type=&aq=0&oq=history+of+rock+and+roll
Variety of links concerning the history of rock and roll (including a piece narrated by Jeff Bridges. There are 7 and they are all pretty short. These could be shown to the class to start/end the class period while they study other historical events from that time period. Culture portions of history are often skipped due to time restraints.