School

Go deeper with Tynker in our summer professional development bootcamps! Summer 2023 is coming and we are thrilled to offer three different summer professional development boot camps to prepare teachers for the coming school year. These boot camps give teachers time to dive into Tynker content, practice coding, collaborate with other educators, and develop classroom strategies. Best of all, not […]

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. 

A computer programming education is quickly becoming a necessity for today’s students. In particular, learning to code improves a child’s: Coding isn’t just communicating with a computer – it’s learning how to think. As children learn to code, they develop hard skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving while increasing their capacity to communicate and manage their time (executive functioning). […]

FREE Summer PD: Tynker Blocks & AP Computer Science Go deeper with Tynker in our summer professional development bootcamps! Summer 2022 is coming and we are thrilled to offer three different summer professional development boot camps to prepare teachers for the coming school year. These boot camps give teachers time to dive into Tynker content, practice coding, collaborate with other […]

Tynker is proud to support teachers bringing coding and creativity into the classroom and we want to contribute in every way we can. That’s why we’re now offering Tynker Certifications. Each Tynker Certification level demonstrates your knowledge and expertise in teaching K-12 coding with Tynker, while proving the growth in your practice. New to teaching coding? Not to worry! Our […]

Did you ever make a really cool Tynker Block project and wish you could teach the whole world exactly how you did it?  Now you can, with Tynker’s new Tutorial Builder! This new tool is perfect for teachers and anyone else who wants to write their own, original block coding tutorials. To follow along, just log in at tynker.com. Add […]

New Remote Collaboration Features for Educators! At Tynker, we’re constantly updating our programming platform to motivate and educate all the young coders out there, teachers too! Our goal is to inspire kids of all ages to use code to become creators instead of just consumers. Here are some great new school and classroom features that we’re excited to share with […]

How Can I Enhance My Kids’ Remote Learning From Home This Fall? With so much uncertainty surrounding the upcoming academic year, parents will once again need to prepare for school closures or, at the very least, a blended distance learning environment requiring remote/online student participation. In addition, after-school activities will most likely be limited or canceled outright. As a result, […]

Teaching Remotely with Tynker: Lily Turula Connect P.S. 133Q @MsTurula Queens, New York City, NY She’s a Sphero Lead Educator, a Girls Who Code Decision Maker, and Wonder League Robotics Camp Coach, but Lila Turula’s most important work is what she does every day as a computer science teacher at P.S. 133Q in Queens. With her deep background in teaching […]