A room full of girls coding!
We were so excited to run this programming workshop exclusively for girls organized by Girls Innovate! and hosted by nestGSV at Redwood City, CA. It turned out to be a fantastic event, with a room...
View ArticleLesson Plans that Teach Kids Computer Programming
We are happy to announce two new programming courses for schools appropriate for Grades 3-8: Programming 101, and Programming 102. Students learn at their own pace, which frees you up to provide more...
View ArticleProgramming is the New Literacy – Educator shares Coding Club Experience
Patricia Cloud Technology Associate School: Grand Oak Elementary School, NC Using Tynker Since: April 2013 Started Tynker Premium: Oct 2013 Number of Students on Tynker: 33 Number of projects created...
View ArticleHow We Introduced Coding to Kids using Tynker Puzzles
“In the next 10 years there will be 1.4 million Computer Science jobs in the US and only 400,000 people to fill those jobs. Coding is something that every person and student can do, they just need the...
View ArticleProgramming with Tynker at the Lubavitch Education Center, Miami
Knowledge that will keep on giving… The Lubavitch Education Center (LEC) is a Jewish day school located in Miami that educates over 1,000 children. LEC runs a very succesful programming club using...
View ArticleCoding To Become Better Thinkers: Programming Journey of the Mittal Twins
Ten year old twins Karthik and Aditya Mittal do everything together. Both play the guitar and the piano, both love watching Phineas and Ferb, Mythbusters, and Shark Tank. And both Tynker. When mom and...
View ArticleWake-Up Call: Start Programming Learning Early
Marky Dewhirst got a wake-up call one evening as she was driving home from work. The radio was tuned to NPR and she heard a discussion that suggested that kids should start learning computer...
View ArticleProgramming = Better Math Skills + Fun
The conventional belief has always been that kids interested in programming should develop strong math skills. But teachers and parents around the world are starting to talk about how computer...
View ArticleAt What Age Should Kids Start Learning Programming?
We started an interesting conversation on LinkedIn recently. Our CTO polled members of the LinkedIn group International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): “How early should computer...
View ArticleFour Reasons Why Kids Should Learn to Program
Four Reasons Why Kids Should Learn to Program In recent years, the importance of programming has become a subject of increasing international awareness, moving from the narrow domain of the “geek” to...
View ArticleTynkering at Lunchtime!
Tynker is a platform that can be flexibly integrated into a classroom or school. While some schools use it in their formal computer programming curriculums, other schools use it to enhance learning in...
View ArticleProject Based Learning with Tynker
Adriene Guiriba is a third-grade teacher at Walter Hays Elementary School in Palo Alto. She has been using Tynker since December 2012 with her 3rd grade class of 23 students. To date they have created...
View ArticleRigorous CS Curriculum for 8th Grade with Tynker
Since its founding in 1893 in Palo Alto, The Harker School has become a world-class institution in the heart of Silicon Valley. Dr. Abigail Joseph teaches computer science and programming at The Harker...
View ArticleAfter School Coding Club
After School Coding Club “When I decided to launch a Tynker coding club at Miller Middle School, I received 125 applications in 10 days. Our parents and students know that programming is a life skill....
View ArticleEarly CS Education in Grades 2-7
Early CS Education in Grades 2-7 “Tynker has become one of the most popular activities in my technology curriculum. Kids experience a great sense of achievement and understanding as they work through...
View ArticleProgramming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers
Programming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers If you are a parent of young children interested in helping them learn computer programming, you most likely have many questions on how to go about it....
View ArticleSummer of Code with Tynker
“Braden’s favorite thing to do this summer was ‘being on the computer and programming’. He would wake up early in the morning to log in to Tynker on our home computer then he would attend camp for a...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....