Get above classroom busywork
Quiet, private software for people who teach — cold-calling done fairly, peer evaluation done right, beautiful focus timers, and a newsletter worth opening.
The tools
Four tools, one island.
Each one does a single job and gets out of your way. Use one, or use all of them.
Live on YouTube
Focus
Class timers and calm, original music for deep work — for a writing sprint, a group activity, or an afternoon of grading.
Watch on YouTube →
Coming soon
Evenhanded
Fair peer evaluation for group projects. Students rate each other; you get one defensible score per student and the flags that matter.
See how it works →
Coming soon
Callboard
Seating charts with photos, one-tap participation, and cold-calling that's actually fair. Everything stays on your laptop.
See what it does →
Newsletter — soon
Office Hours
A short letter on teaching well — real prep, honest notes on what's working, and the tools as they ship.
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A look at the tools.
Real screens from Callboard and Evenhanded — and Callboard has a live demo you can click right now.
Why Flying Island
Above the noise, feet on the ground.
Made by a teacher
Every tool started as something I needed for my own classes and couldn't find. Built for real constraints — big lectures, lockdown browsers, Canvas, a term that never slows down.
Nothing phones home
Your roster, your photos, your students' ratings — they stay on your device or in your account. Never sold, never mined. The privacy story is the point, not the footnote.
One job, done well
No dashboards you'll never open, no engagement theatre, no upsells. Small tools that mind their own business and respect your time.
Built by a working university instructor, textbook author, and 2025 teaching-award winner. Read the story →