Author Archive for Tynker

Community Highlights: January 16 – 22 Here are a few highlights from the Tynker community this past week: Featured Makers This week, we featured four amazing kids on the Tynker blog: Luke, Tamia, Rashaad, and Isaiah. Check out their profiles to learn more about what they love about Tynker and why they code. Projects of the Week anolagy of the […]

Isaiah Loves Coding to Make Games Ten-year-old Isaiah lives in Bryant, Arkansas. He’s in 5th grade and likes to spend his free time playing games, walking, and coding. We interviewed him to find out what he likes about coding and what he’s working on next! What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a […]

Come Visit Us at FETC 2017! Calling all Florida educators! Come visit the Tynker booth at FETC 2017 in Orlando for a chance to win a free drone for your classroom, as well as tons of fun Tynker swag. We’ll be showing demos of what’s new this year from Tynker, including: STEM courses to integrate coding across your curriculum, from […]

Future Scientist Rashaad Loves Coding Characters Thirteen-year-old Rashaad is from Bangalore, India. He’s in 8th grade and loves arts and crafts, as well as science. He’s made some great creative contributions to the Tynker community, so we chatted with him to find out what he thinks about coding. What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist. […]

New! Python School Course Launched We’ve just launched our first Python course for schools, Python 1! This course and JavaScript 1, our recently released JavaScript course for schools, help students transition from block-based coding to mainstream text programming languages. Python 1 allows your students to gain confidence with text coding as they learn programming fundamentals and Python syntax. Explore Python 1 […]

Tamia Thinks More Kids Should Code Six-year-old Tamia is from the East Bay, California. Her favorite pastimes include making projects, drawing, cutting and gluing, and making slime with her cousins. We chatted with her to find out what she thinks about coding! What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a programmer like my […]

Stuck inside on a snowy day? Try this fun winter coding project! For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, it’s winter! That can mean lots of rainy and snowy days stuck inside – the perfect opportunity to code an awesome game in Tynker! Your students can program Snowball Hero, a fun game where you need to defend yourself from […]

NEW! Program Multiplayer Games in Minecraft Game Design 1! We’ve just released Minecraft Game Design 1, a new course where kids learn to code as they build awesome multiplayer games. Through 12 interactive modules, kids are guided through building three advanced games using Tynker’s Minecraft modding platform. As they build their games, kids master advanced programming concepts like arrays, objects, semaphores, and […]

Meet Luke: Aspiring Engineer, Scientist, and Coder! Luke is in 4th grade and lives in Kansas! He spends his free time with anything related to engineering, science, and coding. We asked Luke a few questions about his experience coding, and learned more about his brainstorming process for his projects. What do you want to be when you grow up? An […]