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What Is Coding For Kids? With the new year upon us and kids heading back to school, this is the perfect time for parents to introduce their kids to coding. By this point, you’ve probably read about all the excitement in coding or seen it talked about on TV. But, what exactly is coding? Simply, it’s the instructions your computer […]

5 Tynker Features that Educators Love Like all tools and platforms- the more you use them, the more you discover. Tynker has a handful of exceptional features for students and teachers that sometimes go missed! Each week we receive notes from teachers saying “This is awesome!” or “I can’t believe Tynker can do this!” Let’s outline a few of Tynker’s […]

Barbara Liskov: A Pioneer In Modern Code Writing In 2008, renowned computer scientist Barbara Liskov won the prestigious Turing Award, an award often referred to as the Nobel Prize of computing, and in 2012 she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Getting Started Coming of age in Los Angeles in the 1950s and ’60s, Liskov had a […]

Can Your Kids’ Screen Time Be Creative? The holiday season is upon us, which means families will gather to eat, drink, and hopefully be merry. Meanwhile, our kids will gravitate to their computers like never before. As parents, you understand. The weather is awful outside and there’s nothing on TV. Plus, you’re busy. So, why not give the kids a […]

Have a Very NASA Hour of Code with Tynker This year marks an amazing year for Tynker. Back in the spring of 2019, we collaborated with NASA to offer coding challenges to students from beginner to advanced levels. We held design contests that allowed students to dream big about space, the Moon 2 Mars NASA missions, and how computer science […]

California third-grader Hyzzaneesa thinks she wants to be an environmental scientist when she grows up, though she’s not quite sure yet and admits she might change her mind. That’s okay, at 8 years old, Hyzzaneesa has plenty of time to figure that out. In the meantime? She’s just glad to be Tynker’ing, and we’re glad she is too, because she’s […]

Hour of Code 2019: Striving to Achieve Global Goals Students can drive global change across the world, and here at Tynker, we want to empower them to do just that. There is no better place to start than the Hour of Code, and we are proud to announce a series of projects that drive students to create solutions for global […]

Thank You For An Amazing Year! 2019 Year In Review Tynker has now introduced more than 60 million kids to coding!  Meanwhile, your Tynker subscription is getting better and better because, well, we’ve been Tynker’ing. Here’s What All The Excitement Is About: NASA Coding Challenges We announced the 5 winners of the Forward to the Moon Mission Patch Design Challenge, […]

Hour of Code 2019: Get Ready to Blast Off! This year for Hour of Code, stands to be our biggest yet. With over 60 Million students reached all over the world since 2015, we couldn’t be more excited for Computer Science Education Week! Now topping 40+ activities, this year we’ve included new projects and experiences featuring the UN Sustainable Development […]