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Tynker’s Web Dev Course Takes Coders From Consumers to Creators Whether for business or pleasure, it seems like everyone wants or needs their own website these days. In fact, there are over 200 million active websites on the internet. As a result, website development (or, web dev) is a rapidly growing sector in the tech industry. And since the ability […]

New Remote Collaboration Features for Educators! At Tynker, we’re constantly updating our programming platform to motivate and educate all the young coders out there, teachers too! Our goal is to inspire kids of all ages to use code to become creators instead of just consumers. Here are some great new school and classroom features that we’re excited to share with […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. 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 is 12-year-old Colleen from Malaysia! Colleen wants to be an artist and art teacher when she grows […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. 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 is seventh-grader Gabrielle from Indiana, one of our Week 8 winners! Gabrielle’s favorite subject in school is […]

Women in STEM: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna On October 7, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna had won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for making significant advances in genome editing. Using genetic scissors called the CRISPR/Cas9, they discovered a revolutionary way to change the DNA of animals, plants, and […]

No tricks here, just a big treat! So many of the participants of our Summer Code Jam told us they wanted to keep the fun going throughout the year. Well, we heard you loud and clear! We’re excited to announce a special Tynker Halloween Code Jam, has begun! Available until November 1st, this Code Jam’s challenge is… Spooky Soundscape! Coders will […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. 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! Up next is 5th-grader Anay, from the Chicagoland area! He was a weekly winner in weeks 1, 3 and […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. 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 is Enea, a Week 6 Code Jam winner! Enea is a 5th grader from Tennessee whose favorite […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. 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 is 12-year-old Cristina, a 6th grader from Alajuela, Costa Rica. Cristina is the daughter of a programmer […]