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Coding is a New Language for All 6th Graders in Minnesota School District Elk River School District is well aware of the benefits of learning coding in today’s increasingly tech savvy world. Troy Anderson, Manager of Instructional Technology, spoke with us about their process for selecting and rolling out a curriculum that met their district technology goals. What made you […]

When Scarsdale School District started discussing the need for a district-wide computer programming sequence, addressing teacher anxiety and lack of coding experience were some of the most challenging problems to solve. They were looking for an easy-to-implement solution, with curriculum to support learning in other subject areas, while easily supporting classroom teachers. Gerry Crisci, Director of Technology, and Paul Tomizawa, […]

Today, we are featured in the “Learning Starts Here” collection of apps on google.com. Yes, on google.com! Follow the link  – Helpful apps for school on google.com  – to see the collection of apps. We are thrilled to be a part of this.  In case you missed it today, you can access the collection here. A BIG THANK YOU to the folks at […]

(excerpts from the August 7, 2014 Farmington Press article written by Craig Vaughn, describing Farmington R-7 School District’s decision to offer new technology learning opportunities for their students) ….One measure to offer a better educational experience is the introduction of Tynker, an online learning system that allows students at any age to learn computer coding. The self-paced courses allow students to work […]

“They are really inspired,” says Tshuutheni Emvula. Tynker has been a huge success at an all-girls class in Namibia. Its simplicity and ease of use have made it the perfect vehicle to teach the basics of computer programming. Read on! Tshuutheni runs a company called Tech Guys in Namibia. For a man living in a country that recently won its independence […]

School is just around the corner — last  year ended with a bang with more than a million amazing projects created by students. We loved all the incredible feedback and suggestions that we received from enthusiastic teachers and students asking for more fun and learning with Tynker. We’ve been busy all summer long, working on everything you asked for. We […]

If you ask an average 10 year old if she wants to learn programming, the answer will quite possibly be “no”.  However, when kids realize that programming is fun and rewarding, and not hard and frustrating, the result is increased confidence and self-esteem.  Tynker’s game-like approach is getting more kids, especially girls, to learn programming — an exciting shift that […]

Tynker is available for iPads!  Even better, kids can now create their own apps using Tynker on a tablet (iPad), without internet access.  You can find Tynker’s new iPad app in the Apple app store. “Not only do the new apps encourage kids with tablets to create with code on the go, anywhere they are,” states Srinivas Mandyam, Tynker’s CTO, “But […]

Tynker is being featured as a hot ed tech company this weekend in Atlanta!  In less than a year, over 10,000 schools have used Tynker’s easy to use web-based creative computing platform to teach programming, and over 8 million students have started learning to code with Tynker. Programming is rapidly gaining importance as a skill kids need to become tomorrow’s […]