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With Tynker’s Holiday Code Jam winners being announced today, we wanted to continue to introduce you to some of the winners of this year’s Summer Code Jam! We’re so impressed with the tens of thousands of submissions from throughout the summer and excited to talk to some of our winners about their awesome projects and experiences with Tynker! Next up […]

A Coding Project to Honor MLK Day The third Monday of January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an American federal holiday to remember and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Civil Rights activist remembered for protesting racial discrimination and for powerful speeches like his “I Have a Dream” speech. For MLK Day, your students can learn […]

Tynker is Taking Coding for Kids to a Whole New Level in 2021 Tynker is more determined than ever to make our coding platform bigger and better in 2021. Thankfully, we continued to grow with our young coders this past year, and they responded in record numbers. We had over 40,000 submissions to our three Code Jams and handed out […]

Coding in the News: January 2021 The technological revolution is alive and kicking with a seemingly endless wave of stories highlighting awe-inspiring innovation. Yesterday, it was the out-of-this-world new device your neighbor was showing off. Today, it’s the amazing app your kid downloaded to your phone that’s going to change your life. Tomorrow, who knows? What’s happening in the world […]

Women in STEM: Andrea Ghez This fall, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Andrea Ghez had become the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Along with Reinhard Genzel and Roger Penrose, she discovered a black hole in the Milky Way’s galactic center, making Andrea a great choice to be featured in our Women in STEM […]

11 Amazing New Features in Tynker to Spark Your Child’s Interest in Coding 2020 was a challenging year for everyone in so many ways but thanks to our community of young coders Tynker was able to connect and grow like never before. In our courses and contests, millions of kids and teens around the world used their imaginations to create […]

The Holiday Gift That Keeps On Giving Tynker and BBC Learning have joined forces to bring you the Doctor Who HiFive Inventor Coding Kit, a programmable Internet of Things mini-computer designed to get kids coding, a vital 21st century skill that uses artificial intelligence, robotics, and more! Krishna Vedati, CEO of Tynker, stated: “Over the last eight years, Tynker has […]

As we approach the end of 2020, it’s clear this was a year like no other. Though the challenges were great, we at Tynker also look back on the progress we’ve made — most importantly, helping thousands of young coders begin their programming journey!  Our mission is clear, and we’re focused on making the best platform possible to teach kids […]

Tynker has been fine-tuning online learning since 2013 when we participated in our very first Hour of Code. This year, we hosted another full week of livestreams with special guests from NASA, an amazing Code Jam competition with big prizes, and, of course, our collection of 40+ free Hour of Code puzzles and projects. So, to all the educators who […]