Hello! Welcome to Byrdseed. I’m Ian Byrd. You can read more about me here. Here are some places to start exploring the site.
Byrdseed’s Big Idea
- As a teacher, my biggest problem is that they have too much to do.
- Yet, I kept adding more to my plate by endlessly looking for ideas. (Sound familiar?)
- Then, when I started leading workshops, I’d share lots of, yes, 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 actually implement ideas.
- So, rather than merely sharing ideas, I now solve teachers’ biggest problem. I just take the work off of teachers’ plates by creating done-for-you lessons, projects, and investigations. You’ll find all of that at Byrdseed.TV. It’s used by over 10,000 teachers!
📧 Mailers
- 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.