About Big Brain Labs

A one-teacher software studio.

Big Brain Labs builds simple classroom tools — sign-outs, seating charts, morning meetings, scheduling, and observations — designed around real school days, not imagined workflows.

Mr. B — the teacher behind Big Brain Labs

Hi — I'm Mr. B.

I'm a working K-12 computer science teacher, and Big Brain Labs is what happens when a teacher gets tired of waiting for someone else to fix the small, annoying parts of the school day.

Big Brain Labs LLC is a single-member New York company. There's no sales team and no support queue — if you email [email protected], I'm the one who answers.

Why this exists

Every tool I was supposed to use as a teacher was either built by a giant ed-tech company that hadn't been in a classroom in twenty years, or some nightmare of pop-ups, ads, and dashboards that wanted to "track engagement."

Every app starts the same way: I notice something annoying in my own classroom — the clipboard kids forget to sign back in, the morning meeting that drags, the seating chart that takes a prep period — and I build the tool I wish existed. I polish it until I'm proud to use it with my own students. Then, and only then, do I put it on the internet.

No engagement dashboards. No tracking pixels embedded in your students' photos. Just useful software that earns its keep by saving you time.

"If you're a teacher and you want to test something early, I'd love that. If you find a bug, I'm the one fixing it."

What we promise

🧑‍🏫 Teacher-built

Designed, tested, and fixed by a working teacher — every app starts as a real classroom problem.

🛡️ Privacy-conscious

No ads and no selling student data. Local-first where possible — most tools keep data in your browser.

💻 Works on school devices

Chromebooks, iPads, Windows PCs, and classroom displays. Browser-based, no installs.

🏷️ Honest labels

Tools are marked Available now, Free preview, or Coming soon — you always know what's finished.

Big Brain Labs tools are designed to support FERPA, COPPA, and NY Education Law §2-d requirements — data handling varies by product and is documented per app on the privacy page. Schools and districts can find purchasing details on the districts page.

Try the toolkit

One All-Access subscription covers every teacher tool — 14-day free trial, no credit card, cancel anytime.

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