Learn to Code

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 […]

Tynker is a platform that can be flexibly integrated into a classroom or school. While some schools use it in their formal computer programming curriculums, other schools use it to enhance learning in classes like math, science, art and so forth. Still others have used it in extracurricular coding clubs, like this Lunchtime Club. Kids from across grades get together […]

4 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn to Program In recent years, the importance of programming has become a subject of increasing international awareness, moving from the narrow domain of the “geek” to the broader world, including the K-12 education space. Earlier this year, President Obama endorsed mandatory computer programming education in schools. And recently, a viral video from code.org encouraged students to learn to code. For those of […]

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 […]