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Coding is a New Language for All 6th Graders in Minnesota School District Elk River School District is well aware of the benefits of learning coding in today’s increasingly tech savvy world. Troy Anderson, Manager of Instructional Technology, spoke with us about their process for selecting and rolling out a curriculum that met their district technology goals. What made you […]

When Scarsdale School District started discussing the need for a district-wide computer programming sequence, addressing teacher anxiety and lack of coding experience were some of the most challenging problems to solve. They were looking for an easy-to-implement solution, with curriculum to support learning in other subject areas, while easily supporting classroom teachers. Gerry Crisci, Director of Technology, and Paul Tomizawa, […]

Today, we are featured in the “Learning Starts Here” collection of apps on google.com. Yes, on google.com! Follow the link  – Helpful apps for school on google.com  – to see the collection of apps. We are thrilled to be a part of this.  In case you missed it today, you can access the collection here. A BIG THANK YOU to the folks at […]

Tynker is being featured as a hot ed tech company this weekend in Atlanta!  In less than a year, over 10,000 schools have used Tynker’s easy to use web-based creative computing platform to teach programming, and over 8 million students have started learning to code with Tynker. Programming is rapidly gaining importance as a skill kids need to become tomorrow’s […]

District Adoptions Gain Steam Palo Alto Unified, a leading California school district on the forefront of technology integration, has just announced its decision to expand use of Tynker district-wide.  “Tynker has been widely adopted by our teachers because it is flexible enough to challenge 8th graders who are exploring fairly complex programming concepts, while also supporting students as young as five […]

Jesse Thorstad is the Technology Coordinator for Fergus Falls Public Schools, MN, where technological learning has begun to shine. School: Fergus Falls Public Schools, MN Using Tynker Since: May 2013 Number of Students on Tynker : 57 Number of projects created by students using Tynker: 1,212     I serve as the technology coordinator for the Fergus Falls Public School district. I also teach […]

30 Minutes of Tynkering Goes a Long Way “Tynker is an absolute success. As a member of the KySTE, the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education, I’m excited to have the opportunity to present my wonderful experience with Tynker at a statewide conference of educators in spring; teachers all across Kentucky need to know about Tynker.” Jeanine Kearbey is a […]

Lee-Scott Academy Elementary Technology Lab 12/17/13 Second grade students have been participating in the Hour of Code as part of Computer Science Education Week. They have used the activities from the Tynker website to practice their problem-solving and logical reasoning skills. I introduced the concept of coding by first showing part of the BrainPop movie “Computer Programming: One Step at a Time.” (The movie gets a little […]

Ed Tech 4 Library 12/02/13 Today’s hangout with +Kevin Elgan, Tynker’s Director of School Programs, set the stage for extensions for learning for my 4th/5th Grade KMExplore Seminar students to build upon.  Students were highly motivated hearing from an expert directly from Tynker, a leading programming tool they became hooked on at first sight. Getting students engaged and enthusiastic about […]