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Is Tynker For Math And Language Arts Teachers? Absolutely! When we hear “STEM,” we often think of it as separate from everyday subjects like Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and music. STEM, the acronym, tends to find itself as an outlier. But we’ve seen the “Tynker Effect” transform Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies. Kids can code in Social Studies? Of course! If […]

What an incredible year it has been! Looking back on 2016, one thing is crystal clear: we are incredibly fortunate to be part of such an inspired community of makers! This past year, our maker community grew to over 44 million students across the globe. These amazing students completed over 1 million coding activities and wrote more than 2.2 billion lines […]

Thank you all for an amazing Hour of Code 2016! Thanks to the support of many wonderful students, educators, and parents, this year’s Hour of Code was a tremendous success. Millions of kids around the world were introduced to coding with Tynker. In the process, not only did they gain valuable problem-solving and computational thinking skills, but they also learned […]

Community Highlights: December 12 – 18 Here’s what’s been happening in the Tynker community this week: Our Hour of Code drone giveaway ended last week. In all, we gave away 12 drones to schools all around the US, from Illinois and Michigan to Texas and Kansas. In the past few weeks, over 500 tweets were posted to enter in the giveaway. […]

Featured Maker Eithne Gives Advice to New Coders Eithne is a 10-year-old from Cornwall, UK who has published some wonderful projects to the Tynker community. Get to know Eithne better and learn about the projects she’s made, why she loves coding, and the advice she’d give to new coders. What are your hobbies? I love football, gymnastics, netball, and playing the […]

How is learning to code like learning a new language? Ask Nico! Nico is a 9-year-old from San Jose, California who has built some amazing projects in Tynker, including a version of the popular game Agar.io that even has A.I. for a second player. We chatted with Nico and his father Santiago about what he loves about coding and how […]

Community Highlights: December 5 – 11 Thank you to everyone who did an Hour of Code with Tynker last week. We hope you keep coding throughout the rest of the year! You can access all our Hour of Code activities year-round and you can create a free account to access even more free content. Projects of the Week my pet […]

Community Highlights: November 28 – December 4 Happy Hour of Code week! We’ve already seen a lot of awesome posts on Twitter from teachers doing an Hour of Code with their students. Here’s what’s new in the Tynker community this past week: Projects of the Week PLANET DEFENDER: In this fun game, you must defend your planet from UFOs and comets […]

NEW! Get a Personalized Hour of Code Certificate Tynker offers dozens of fun, free activities for students to get introduced to coding. And now we’re very excited to introduce a personalized Hour of Code certificate of completion for all students! Every time a student completes an Hour of Code coding activity in Tynker, they earn a badge that is added […]