Editor's note: Some creator responses have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Today starts Teacher Appreciation Week in the U.S., celebrating teachers and recognizing their lasting contributions. With that in mind, while YouTube is widely used by students as a resource for supplementing academic studies, we’ve seen how important video is for teachers, too.
According to the recent report The State of the Creator Economy prepared by Oxford Economics, 96% of U.S. teachers who use YouTube stated they use content from the platform in their lessons. Video can be a helpful learning aid — whether that’s to visualize a concept, bring a historic artifact to life, reinforce learning, or grab a student's attention.
In celebration of the impact teachers have made, we connected with a handful of YouTube educational content creators, also known as “EduTubers,” and asked them to reflect on their days as classroom teachers.