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District Adoptions Gain Steam Palo Alto Unified, a leading California school district on the forefront of technology integration, has just announced its decision to expand use of Tynker district-wide.  “Tynker has been widely adopted by our teachers because it is flexible enough to challenge 8th graders who are exploring fairly complex programming concepts, while also supporting students as young as five […]

Summer is a great time for kids to try new things!   They can learn something new, or enjoy a game-like approach to boosting skills that will serve them well during the next school year.  With Tynker, kids can create and share fun projects with their friends this summer, while developing critical computational thinking skills. To get started, kids can take their […]

Many parents who homeschool their children have adopted Tynker to help their kids learn to code. Why? Not only is it fun and easy for homeschoolers to learn on their own with Tynker, but Tynker easily integrates into individualized learning programs — and it supports so many different areas of learning. Tynker is proud to announce that, based on our […]

Miami Herald 05/29/14 While some of the 280 students at Henry S. West Laboratory School get excited for early release Wednesdays, others look forward to attending their school’s coding club. Nicolas, an 11-years-old fifth-grader, enjoys coming to the West Lab Coding Club at the Coral Gables school because he gets an opportunity to share ideas with his friends and collaborate […]

At Tynker, our mission is to help kids to learn to code, and become tomorrow’s makers.   Computing is changing the world, and programming is rapidly becoming an essential skill.  We want to empower kids to create in every aspect of their world, both digital and physical.   Tynker makes kids successful creators by putting them in control — to create what […]

The Bugle 05/17/14 Joliet West High School English teacher Anthony Romanelli recently spearheaded an innovative interdisciplinary project for students in his English 1 class. The project allowed students to learn the basics of computer coding, while recreating a scene from any material read this year, including Sophocles “Oedipus Rex” play, Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, or any other […]

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 programming in elementary school itself or they would be at a disadvantage. When the host said (only half-jokingly), “My daughter’s behind, I think. She’s 4 and […]

On a recent visit to a 5th grade classroom, we had the opportunity to hear from students and their teacher about why they like Tynker.  Along with kids and parents who are using Tynker at home, Tynker is viewed as an easy and fun way for kids of all ages to get started with programming, to build skills critical for […]

Daily Herald 04/23/14 Your kids are going to use technology, if they don’t already. It’s inevitable. As a parent it can be overwhelming trying to keep up with our kids use of technology. We constantly have to monitor what, when and how much they are using. As a computer teacher and a mother, I see numerous suggestions for apps and […]