Author Archive for Tynker

At Tynker, we want to make it incredibly easy to get your classroom started! That’s why we support Apple single sign-on for both teachers and students.  You can get started quickly with the steps below.  Setup Steps 2. Click on the “Create New Classroom” orange button if you don’t have a class or “Add Class” if you already have a […]

At Tynker, we want to make it incredibly easy to start your classroom, and we know many schools have teacher and student accounts with Microsoft/Azure.  You can get started quickly by signing in and rostering your students with the steps below. Set Up Steps 2. Click on the “Create New Classroom” orange button if you don’t have a class or […]

School’s almost out but that doesn’t mean kids and teens should stop learning. In fact, this is the perfect time for parents to help them avoid the dreaded Summer Slide—the loss of knowledge over summer break. Students, on average, lose up to 30% of their school-year learning over the summer. Fortunately, this doesn’t have to happen! Children can exercise their […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker and Coding Cup winner, 14-year-old Silas from Atlanta! Silas likes origami, soccer, and horseback riding. Neat! Silas recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker.  So did you like Coding Cup? Yeah, I loved it. What was your favorite thing about Coding Cup? How challenging it was. You have to try and figure […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker and Coding Cup winner, 10-year-old Ethan from Western Australia! Ethan likes to play piano and code. Super! Ethan Recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker.  Do you have an idea of what you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a remote designer and coder. What’s your favorite […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker and Coding Cup winner, 15-year-old Jack from Tennessee! Jack likes to read, play games, and code. Fantastic. Jack recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker.  What was your favorite thing about Coding Cup? Probably getting to make the team, see what they did, tweak the code. Just watching how I did. What […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker and Code Jam winner, 12-year-old Gia from Massachusetts! Gia likes to paint, dance ballet and code. Super! Gia recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. Do you have an idea of what you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up, I want to be a teacher and teach […]

As Illinois embraces Computer Science education, the state is witnessing a surge in innovation and growth. Schools, organizations, and platforms such as Tynker are playing a pivotal role in this transformation by providing students and teachers with accessible and engaging resources to learn and teach Computer Science.

You can think of programming variables for kids as a box that contains something. You can open the box to find out what is inside, or even put something else into the box. In some ways, human memory and computer memory are similar. We rely on our memory for remembering all sorts of things. This idea can help clarify the […]