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  • Last Updated: October 15, 2013 10:00 am

    Article: Mobile Entertainment: Five reasons to teach kids to code

    Five reasons to teach kids to code 10/15/13 The ability to communicate with machines is probably the closest thing...

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  • Last Updated: October 15, 2013 10:00 am

    Tynker in the News: GigaOm: ‘Hour of Code’: Tech Giants Join Code.org to Bring Learn to Code Campaign to Millions of Students

    GigaOm 10/15/13 Silicon Valley’s biggest companies may fight tooth and nail to recruit programmers already groomed for the industry’s...

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  • Kids Crowded Around Laptop
    Last Updated: October 10, 2013 10:00 am

    Article: Edutopia: 7 Apps for Teaching Children Coding Skills

    Edutopia 10/10/13 Editor’s Note: Helen Mowers, co-creator of the Tech Chicks podcast, contributed to this post. It’s hard to imagine...

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  • NPR on Tynker
    Last Updated: October 9, 2013 9:10 pm

    NPR Features Tynker – Can Disruptive Technology Change The Way Kids Learn

    That was the big question KQED’s Katrina Schwartz explored on NPR Morning Edition yesterday – how entrepreneurs and startups...

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  • Tynker Camp Students and Staff
    Last Updated: October 8, 2013 5:51 pm

    Summer of Code with Tynker

    “Braden’s favorite thing to do this summer was ‘being on the computer and programming’. He would wake up early...

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  • Kids On Computers
    Last Updated: October 8, 2013 10:00 am

    Tynker in the News: KQED: Can Startups Disrupt the Slow-Moving Education Market?

    KQED  10/08/13 Every year, schools spend billions of dollars on supplies and instructional materials and staff. A lot of...

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  • Thomas Jefferson
    Last Updated: September 27, 2013 5:45 pm

    Programming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers – Part 2

    Programming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers – Part 2 Parents of young children wanting to help their kids...

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  • Last Updated: September 25, 2013 5:00 pm

    Programming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers

    Programming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers If you are a parent of young children interested in helping them...

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  • Last Updated: September 12, 2013 5:30 am

    Say Hello to Prof. Ada, Dr. Glitch, and Pixel!

    Say Hello to Prof. Ada, Dr. Glitch, and Pixel! Tynker Home launched just over a month ago, with a fun...

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