Author Archive for Tynker

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 dad are both computer programmers, it’s not surprising that the kids get into coding early. This family shares with us their explorations into programming learning for […]

Theta Mom 04/01/14 Ever since I started this blog, one of the things I wish I knew how to do was learn how to code. I have seen many of my blogger friends do an amazing job at building their own sites. But, let’s think beyond blogging for a moment – think about how much we utilize technology daily. For […]

USA TODAY 03/16/17 The popularity of Minecraft, a video game that puts kids in the role of creator, has sparked an interest in coding (computer programming). By learning to code, kids can create their own games, websites, apps, pictures and stories while also learning how to think logically and solve problems. There are apps, websites and even a new board game […]

Thanks for the Tynker iPad Love! Tynker’s new iPad app debuted just a few days ago, and we’re already feeling the love! Thank you everyone for your encouraging words and your support on Twitter, Google+  and Facebook. We are also glad that our app made it to the Best New App in Education on Apple’s App Store!  If you haven’t […]

TechCrunch 03/12/14 Historically, the U.S. educational system has struggled to get young people excited by and involved with STEM-related fields, especially computer science, which has actually seen a steady decline in participation over the last two decades, according to Time Magazine. Luckily, the winds of reform have begun to sweep into education, and parents, educators and even Uncle Sam have begun […]

As Silicon Valley replaces Wall Street as the destination for the smartest and brightest from American universities, women are being left out of the race. On the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2014, the statistics of women in computing are shocking. In 1984, more than 37 percent of computer science bachelor’s degrees in the United States were […]

We are delighted to bring to you the Tynker iPad app  to make it easy for kids to learn coding at home, and on the go. The  app is a great way for kids with no prior knowledge of programming to learn the basics of logic, and complements our self paced courses and school curriculum. Tynker’s visual programming language makes it […]

iGeeksBlog 03/06/14 Sometime last year, top CEOs from the tech industry put together a plan to encourage American schools to take up code-learning and teach it earnestly to kids. Learning to code is one of the best experiences ever and this is from personal experience. Learning to code brings about a radical shift in the way we think analytically, logically […]

Ben Mangan 03/05/2014 As markets get frothy and the Nasdaq marches toward 5,000, I would understand if you believed that we’re on the road to a painful burst of yet another bubble. That road – littered with the ruins of a new generation of Pets.com-like business models – may certainly be in our future. But pause for a moment before […]