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Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader Gus from Japan! He likes to read books, and when he grows up he wants to be a movie maker. Cool! Gus recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How long have you been coding? I started in 2020. Have your coding skills improved since you started using Tynker? A […]

You asked, and we listened – Tynker now supports ClassLink rostering and SSO for sign-in! ClassLink gives you a one-stop shop to access all your educational apps and you can now add Tynker to that list. 

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader David from Texas! He likes to draw and play video games. He also likes to learn math outside of school. Cool! David recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I got introduced to Tynker by my cousin, and I’ve been coding for four […]

Coding is the key to future jobs, but that’s only one of the benefits Technology—and the coding that powers it—drives almost every aspect of our lives these days. From paying bills with a few clicks to creating a music playlist to driving a hybrid car to working from anywhere, we’re surrounded by computer interfaces. And as any frustrated parent who […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 8th grader Emerson from New Zealand! His hobbies include coding and writing his own stories. He also likes to learn math outside of school. Cool! Emerson recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I got introduced through Hour of Code, and then that kind of […]

As kids settle into the classroom this fall, parents may find themselves wondering what this school year has in store for their child’s education. Over the summer, we found that more and more children were learning to code for the first time. Free online tools targeted toward beginners made learning to code easy and accessible. Whether your child began coding […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 3rd grader Aditya from California! His favorite subjects in school include drawing, math, and writing. Cool! Aditya recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I’ve been coding for about a year or so. My dad introduced me to Tynker, and after a month or so, […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 7th grader Joaquin from Virginia! His favorite subject in school is math because it comes easily to him. Awesome! Joaquin recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I’ve been coding for a few years, at least three years, or four. Yeah, it’s been a while. […]

Smart phones, smart cars, smart TVs — did you ever wonder how all this technology got so smart? The answer is AI or Artificial Intelligence. So how can young coders use Artificial Intelligence in their Tynker projects? We’ve been working on that! Tynker is excited to announce an all new block-coding class, exploring Artificial Intelligence in a fun, hands-on way. […]