Author Archive for Tynker

Tynker’s Story-Driven Platform Strikes A Chord With Coders Sitting around the campfire at night telling stories is how history was passed along from generation to generation for centuries while teaching valuable life lessons. The more compelling the story, the more likely people paid attention and remembered the important details. That’s why Tynker uses a story-driven platform to fully capture kids’ […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end (check out all the winners). 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 13-year-old Tito from Lagos, Nigeria. Tito’s relatively new to coding, and […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end (check out all the winners). 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 12-year-old Raghav, an eighth grader from Virginia who won our 3rd […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. We were so impressed with the tens of thousands of submissions from throughout the summer and we’re so excited to talk to some of our winners about their awesome projects and experiences with Tynker! Our Code Jam winners come from around the world, not just the U.S. Meet our next […]

Women in STEM – Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao We’re excited to feature two people in our monthly blog recognizing the incredible achievements of Women in STEM. Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao are the co-founders of BioCellection, a company that turns unrecyclable plastic waste into industrial chemicals that can be used to make cars, footwear, electronic goods, outdoor gear, and […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end (check out all the winners). 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 12-year-old Owen, a 7th-grader from Missouri. He’s a creative triple threat […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end (check out the winners here.) We’re so impressed with the tens of thousands of submissions from throughout the summer and so excited to talk to some of our winners about their awesome projects and experiences with Tynker! Next up is Hasna, who won Tynker’s Summer Code Jam not once, not […]

Our 2020 Tynker Summer Code Jam has come to a close! Thousands of young coders from around the globe have competed over the course of this summer, and now our three Grand Prize Winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) will be winning $2000, $1000, and $500 dollars!  We were so impressed with the amazing entries this year and choosing our winners was no […]

Our 2020 Summer Code Jam has come to an end. We were so impressed with the tens of thousands of submissions from throughout the summer and so excited to talk to some of our winners about their awesome projects and experiences with Tynker! Next up is Joey, a Week 3 Code Jam Winner! He’s a 12-year-old from Iowa, who’s starting […]