kids learn to code

After School Coding Club “When I decided to launch a Tynker coding club at Miller Middle School, I received 125 applications in 10 days. Our parents and students know that programming is a life skill. Since this was the first time I was using Tynker, and I myself have had little background in programming, I decided to start small with […]

Since its founding in 1893 in Palo Alto, The Harker School has become a world-class institution in the heart of Silicon Valley. Dr. Abigail Joseph teaches computer science and programming at The Harker School, and was one of Tynker’s earliest adopters. School: The Harker School Using Tynker Since: November 20, 2012 Total Number of Students on Tynker: 172 Number of […]

Adriene Guiriba is a third-grade teacher at Walter Hays Elementary School in Palo Alto. She has been using Tynker since December 2012 with her 3rd grade class of 23 students. To date they have created over 600 projects using Tynker. Project Based Learning (PBL) is perhaps one of the simplest and most effective methods of increasing engagement in the classroom. Read on […]

We started an interesting conversation on LinkedIn recently. Our CTO polled members of the LinkedIn group International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): “How early should computer programming skills be introduced to kids?”  This is a screenshot of the poll results. The general consensus — almost 75% of people polled — was that students should learn to code starting in […]