Girls Coding

Unlocking Tomorrow’s Potential: How Tynker is Revolutionizing Coding Education for Kids Worldwide In a world where technological prowess has become a cornerstone of success, teaching kids to code has never been more essential. However, many often considered coding a complicated task reserved for tech enthusiasts. Enter Tynker, the game-changer in the world of coding education. Tynker’s job is to equip […]

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 […]

If you were to ask a random person on the street to describe a programmer, what do you think their response would be? Many might turn to the popular stereotype of a young man in a hoodie, hunched over his computer in a dim room, fingers flicking furiously over the keys. These same people might be surprised to learn who […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader Shiloh from South Africa! One of her favorite subjects in school is art because she likes to express her creativity. And when she gets older, she’d like a career as a digital artist and programmer. Awesome! Shiloh recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker—coding for kids! How did you get […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 5th grader Amelia from Dublin, Ireland! Her favorite subject in school is English because she loves writing stories—and she’s good at spelling. So it’s no surprise that when she grows up, she wants to be a children’s author. Cool! Amelia recently spoke with us about her experience with Tynker. How did you get introduced to […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 4th grader Alexandra from Hamilton, New Zealand! She likes math because she can use it for basically everything, and she likes solving problems. Cool! Alexandra recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I think dad found it, and I started in 2020. How did you […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader Aleena from Ontario, Canada! When she grows up, she wants to be a mechanical and electrical engineer. Incredible! Meanwhile, her hobbies are nature photography, bird watching, reading adventure novels, and of course coding. Aleena recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I got […]

Women in STEM: Catie Cuan Photo source: LinkedIn Conventional wisdom taught us that art and technology were polar opposites, but with the advent of computer programming and the imagination of those using it, that notion has been turned on its head. Let’s dance! Catie Cuan is an artist and a Robotics PhD Candidate at Stanford University. She considers herself a […]

While studying bioscience in university, Chantelle Bell, along with classmate Anya Roy, co-founded Syrona Women (later Syrona Health) after developing an innovative home device that lets women test themselves for cervical cancer. Needless to say, we were impressed and wanted to find out more. That’s why we’re so excited to feature Chantelle in Tynker’s Women in STEM series. In an […]