Community reviews for Tynker

I am a school student making a project for my class. I made it originally in VScode, using HTML and vanilla JS. For some reason, even though I am not using any libraries and it works fine on websites such as JSFiddle and playcode.io, it doesn't work here. What's even more annoying is that it doesn't even give me any errors to fix! I don't even know what's not working! It's infuriating. Now if I had it my way, I would just make my project in VScode and send the files to my teacher without even bothering with this website, but he says that if it isn't on here, he'll remove 20% from my grade. I feel like this could be a good site for coders who would be a little less experienced than me, but if you can't run vanilla JS and HTML projects, it really removes from the overall efficiency of the site. I hope you can take up my feedback, and I hope that it helps improve the site. Thank you.

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This would serve as a powerful teaching tool to introduce anyone to the world of coding. Technology is the future and coding is much needed skill as we advance as a world in tech. The nebulous tools and projects available gives opportunity to explore all the possibilities that computer science has to offer. I can imagine this being used by children in middle-school or high school as the interface is not as friendly as some other programs out there.

This product is very accommodating towards children. Many times, individuals are daunted to learn about coding because it seems boring or tedious. However, this product includes many pictures and cartoon characters that will likely keep children entertained. As well, every step is color coded, making learning very easy and simple. Everything is so organized and you can look back at your mistakes easily.

The website can be a little difficult to manage if you look deeper than you are supposed to. However, this is a great way to introduce the basics of coding to anyone willing to learn. It keeps students engaged and allows them to learn from their mistakes. Great application!

I love it and my student overall really enjoyed it. This program gives the the opportunity to explore basic coding concepts through gaming. This site is an easy to tool for beginners to get a taste of what programming is and if it is something they like.

Tynker is a very nice app. 5-9. I use it for classes. There are different, fun coding activities. It is great to have activities in Python and Java. We use it with fun. I'm opening accounts by matching it with Google Classroom classes. This is also a very practical application.

The app is very engaging for students. There are lots of choices which help to keep students interested in the coding process. Tynker offers a nice variety of activities for any level. Students can work through fun activities to strengthen their problem-solving skills. They get feedback and are rewarded by moving through levels and seeing their actions come to life on the screen. Students have the opportunity to be successful and learn that coding has a purpose and is relevant in their world.

Tynker is incredibly engaging for students. The game-like activities will engage students and enough activities are included to keep students occupied for many sessions. The ability to go to the workshop at anytime is nice because students may tired of the step-by-step tutorial activities. They will think they are ready to move on. Let them give it a try. Eventually, they will run into a wall as they try to add a new command. Guiding them back to the tutorials will show them that it is a building process. The teacher features are nice, although I hope that eventually the web-based teacher dashboard and the tablet-based Tynker for Schools app will interface a bit more. I would love for students to complete teacher assigned lessons in the app.

As a technology teacher, I've used Tynker, Code.org and Scratch to teach the concept of computer programming to my 1st-4th grade students. After having them use all three, I took a vote. I gave all three as options for my kiddos. Consistently, nearly every student chose Tynker. A few students chose other programs, but these were generally students who were already high readers so I don't believe it was because the program had too much of a textual burden. Overall, my students told me they like Tynker more because it gives more clear re-directions when a student is having trouble passing a course. Code.org tends to give "hints", but sometimes these hints are actually wrong. It may say "try adding a *left* block" but the actual block that needs to be added next isn't that block. Tynker, while more heavily relying on text, provides more clear guidance for stuck students. My kiddos with lower literacy tend to need help on trickier Code.org puzzles anyway, so the textual instructional weren't really frustrating to them. They needed help on Code, they still need help on Tynker. However, kiddos who have more developed reading skills are able to use the Tynker directions with little to no help from me. This frees up about 20% of my class that previously was getting stuck with some frequency. It may be that I only teach each class for 60 minutes a week and I don't have as much time to address misconceptions full-group, but Tynker is an excellent fit for my school!