Hello! I’m Ian Byrd. I’ve been writing about education since 2009. You can read more about me here.
Now, I take work off of teachers’ plates by developing video lessons that they can just use. Check it out at Byrdseed.TV.
Top Articles for Leaders
If you're looking to change your professional development, improve your teachers' lessons, improve professional development and teachers' lessons, better reach your advanced learners, here are my recommended articles.
Aim High & Scaffold Down
If I had to give a single piece of advice to teachers, it would be this.
How I Learned What I Know
It wasn't from conferences, book studies, or expert speakers. It was much cheaper than that!
My #1 Rule for PD
My early PD was about giving people information. But information doesn't solve problems!
Standards Are Not a Goal!
For leaders, it's key to understand the difference between a requirement and a goal.
Aim for Interesting
So many people tell me they want to challenge their students. But, what if we aimed to just interest them!
My Library of Lessons
Actually useful examples of differentiated lessons!
Aim High & Scaffold Down
If I had to give a single piece of advice to teachers, it would be this.
Library of Example Lessons
Actually useful examples of differentiated lessons!
Social and Emotional Needs
An index of social and emotional needs of gifted learners.
Question Renovation
I renovate old questions I actually asked my students!
Depth and Complexity
My Depth and Complexity Icon homepage.
The Differentiator
A little app for writing lesson objectives. I created it back in 2009?!
Compliments
An assortment of feedback from teachers who have used Byrdseed.