Hello! Welcome to Byrdseed. I’m Ian Byrd. You can read more about me here. Here are some places to start exploring the site.
You Don’t Need More Ideas
Check out my YouTube channel here.
- As a teacher, my biggest problem was that I had way too much to do.
- Yet, I kept adding more to my plate by endlessly looking for “more ideas”. (Sound familiar!)
- Then, when I started leading workshops, I’d share lots and lots and lots of “ideas.”
- Teachers liked my ideas. I was an in-demand speaker! (See my record here) But I realized that teachers are just too busy to implement ideas.
So, I changed my goal from merely “sharing more ideas” to solving teachers’ biggest problem. I create full-on lessons, projects, and investigations that you can just use. And you’ll find all of that at Byrdseed.TV. It’s used by thousands of teachers!
📧 Mailers
I send a bunch of weekly emails. These are all free!
- Question Renovation Mailer! On Mondays, I send an email in which I renovate an old question or task I used in my classroom. Teachers find it fascinating. I find it slightly embarrassing. 😝
- The Puzzlements Mailer Every Friday, I send five links to curiosity-provoking videos and images. These are resources to help set a culture of curiosity in your classroom.
- My introduction to Depth and Complexity
Top Pages
Here are the most-visited articles at Byrdseed:
- The Differentiator – A little app for writing lesson objectives. I created it back in 2009?!
- A Random Emoji Generator – Does what it says!
- The Library of Example Lessons – Actually useful examples of differentiated lessons!
- An index of social and emotional needs of gifted learners
- A list of books recommended by teachers!
- An intro to Universal Themes.
- Aim High and Scaffold Down. If I had to give a single piece of advice to teachers, it would be this.