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  • Coding for Kids
    Last Updated: December 26, 2017 9:00 am

    Community Highlights: December 16 – December 22

    Merry Christmas to all those celebrating! This week, we saw projects featuring everything from Santa Claus to coral reefs!…

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  • Kids Coding
    Last Updated: December 22, 2017 9:00 am

    Anastasia Calls Coding a ‘Mind-Stretcher!’

    This week’s Featured Maker is a budding programmer and author who told us, “I looooove pineapples!” Ten-year-old Anastasia hails…

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  • Last Updated: December 21, 2017 11:15 am

    Code Your Own Snowy Winter Project!

    We’ve launched into winter, and there’s no better time to get cozy and practice coding! Your kids will have…

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  • Coding for Kids
    Last Updated: December 20, 2017 9:00 am

    Ellie Learns Through the Community!

    Featured Maker Ellie taught herself to code, and she’s thriving with Tynker! Ten-year-old Ellie is from Victoria, Australia, and…

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  • Last Updated: December 19, 2017 6:00 am

    The ENIAC Programmers: ‘Refrigerator Ladies’ No More

    When historians first found photos of the women who coded instructions for ENIAC, the first all-electronic digital computer, they…

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  • Coding for Kids
    Last Updated: December 18, 2017 9:00 am

    Community Highlights: December 11 – December 15

    Teachers are still hosting lots of great coding activities in their classes, and students are still having a blast…

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  • Last Updated: December 13, 2017 11:55 am

    5 Ways to Go #BeyondOneHour

    This year’s Hour of Code was a huge hit in classrooms across the world! Take advantage of the momentum…

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  • Tynker Coding for Kids Connect 4
    Last Updated: December 11, 2017 3:49 pm

    Community Highlights: December 2 – December 8

    Hour of Code flew by this week, and hundreds of tweets of kids using Tynker were shared. Now that…

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  • Last Updated: December 5, 2017 2:56 pm

    Much Like the Butterfly, the Hour of Code Effect

    One of the beauties of students delving into the world of coding is that it gives more opportunities to…

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