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Adventures in Programming: Tynkering With My 5 Year Old
Looks like it’s never too early to start Tynkering! Kudos Dad and son! Adventures in Programming: Tynkering with My 5 Year Old 10/22/2013 I wrote my first program when I was 8 years old. It was a...
View ArticleTynker in the News: EduTech WestCentral: Great Site that Allows Teachers to...
EduTech 10/23/13 Tynker is a great site that allows teachers to teach students how to code for FREE! Tynker is new but it is quickly becoming a favorite coding site for teachers and students. If you...
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Article: The Independent: Why children should learn how to program
Why children should learn how to program 10/27/13 There has, in the last couple of years, been a rising interest in teaching children as young as five how to program computers. A new computer science...
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Article: I Programmer: Five Reasons To Teach Kids To Code
I Programmer 10/27/13 As programmers we appreciate why knowing how to code is really important. But if you find it difficult to express why, this infographic gives five reasons – and I’m sure you can...
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Explore! the coolest Tynker apps created by children
Did you know that over 150,000 projects have been created by children in hundreds of schools and homes while learning to code using Tynker? We’ve added a new Explore section so that you can play with...
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Article: Khan Academy Computer Science: ACM Education Council 2013 Meeting
ACM Education Council 2013 Meeting 11/14/13 I was honored to be invited to the ACM Education Council meeting on November 2nd, to speak on a panel about teaching young programmers how to code. I spoke...
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Meet Vidya Mandyam: Tynker’s Director of Engineering Talks to Girls Innovate!...
Girls Innovate! Blog 11/20/2013 By Ann Saponara, Girls Innovate! Volunteer & Project Leader Girls Innovate! is very fortunate to have Vidya leading our Programming Workshop with Tynker, hosted...
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Tynker in the News: iLearn Technology: Tynker: Computer programming for kids
iLearn Technology 11/22/13 What it is: Tynker is about the coolest way for kids to learn how to computer program- absolutely NO prior programming experience is needed! Tynker leads kids through design...
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Advanced Grading Features Now Available with Tynker Premium
Srinivas Mandyam, CTO at Tynker In this post I want to share some new and exciting Tynker features specifically built for educators – the advanced grading features. These are now available in Tynker...
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A room full of girls coding!
We were so excited to run this programming workshop exclusively for girls organized by Girls Innovate! and hosted by nestGSV at Redwood City, CA. It turned out to be a fantastic event, with a room...
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Tynker in the News: Ed Tech 4 Library: Tynker + 21st Century Learners =...
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...
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Tynker in the News: The Maker Mom: Teach Kids to Code with Tynker and a...
The Maker Mom 12/03/13 Tynker is one of a slew of new programs to help kids learn to computer programming. Many of these new tools don’t teach kids to code per se- they’re not actually using Java or...
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Tynker’s Hour of Code is now available!
Tynker’s Hour of Code experience is here. Tynker is proud to be a partner and curriculum provider for the Hour of Code 2013, the CSEdWeek and code.org nationwide initiative to introduce computer...
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CBS 8: Tynker Creates Tutorials for Code.org to Bring Free Interactive...
CBS 8 12/05/13 Tynker (http://www.Tynker.com), a leading education startup that enables schools, teachers and parents to help children learn how to code, today announced 8 free interactive tutorials...
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Lady Paragons: Tynker to Teach Kids to Code
Lady Paragons 12/03/13 Kids are creative and they love technology. Seeing what my daughter can do with Legos and Minecraft proves that Kids love to build. Coding is another way to build, and if it’s...
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Fergus Falls Journal: Crackin’ the code
Fergus Falls Journal 12/04/13 When Jesse Thorstad started the Cleveland Coding Club a few months ago, he had no idea how many students would show up. Thorstad, a technology specialist at Fergus Falls...
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Kevin’s Meandering Mind: Tinkering with Tynker for Hour of Code
Kevin’s Meandering Mind 12/05/13 Tynker for Schools from Tynker on Vimeo. I am going to use Tynker with my sixth grade students as part of the Hour of Code next week, just to see how they do and if any...
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Pea of Sweetness: Tynker Introduction to Programming {Review and Giveaway...
Pea of Sweetness 12/07/13 When we think of programming we usually think of adults or even older children. I know when I would hear the words “programming course” I didn’t assume it would be something...
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One Million Participants by Day Two!
A big thank you to all teachers, parents, and children who completed an Hour of Code on Tynker! We leave you with a sample of what people have been saying, and sharing, about Tynker’s Hour of...
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Lee-Scott Academy Elementary Technology Lab: Second Graders Develop Coding...
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...
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