Author Archive for Tynker

Featured Maker: Oscar’s Favorite Subject in School Is Math!  Meet our newest Featured Maker, 5th grader Oscar from British Columbia! He likes climbing and playing water polo. Oscar recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? We had this project at school where we could choose between music or making a […]

Featured Maker: Avery’s Favorite Subject in School Is Writing!  Meet our newest Featured Maker, 4th grader Avery from Kansas City, Missouri! Her favorite subject in school is writing because she likes to write stories. Avery recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? I got introduced to Tynker by my friends […]

Featured Maker: Saffi’s Favorite Subject in School Is Art!  Meet our newest Featured Maker, 4th grader Saffi from California! Her favorite subject in school is art because she likes mixing colors and using her artwork to express her feelings. Saffi recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? My mom downloaded […]

NEW Minecraft Coding eBooks! Tynker is excited to announce the release of two coding ebooks: Code These Minecraft Mods in both Java and Bedrock. With these new ebooks, you can explore Tynker’s amazing tools for customizing Minecraft by making your own custom textures, items, and mobs. Kids can even invent their own minigame! Best of all, these Minecraft mods run […]

Featured Maker: Tanner Wants To Be an Engineer!  Meet our newest Featured Maker, 7th grader Tanner from California! He likes to play games and code, and when he gets older he’d like to be an electrical or mechanical engineer. Great! Tanner recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker. How did you learn to use Tynker when you […]

Tynker Launches Innovative “Coding Path” to Master Coding Tynker’s award-winning coding platform just got better! We know that computer programming is a lifelong journey so we’re constantly looking for new and better ways to take our young coders from novices to experts. That’s why we’ve carefully designed a pathway to coding excellence—tailored to the individual learner—with 300 lessons featuring six […]

Featured Maker: Addie Wants To Be an Interior Designer!  Meet our newest Featured Maker, 4th grader Addie from West Virginia! She likes to draw and play the ukulele, and when she gets older she’d like to be an interior designer. Awesome! Addie recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker. How did you get introduced to Tynker? Friends. […]

FREE Summer PD: Tynker Blocks & AP Computer Science Go deeper with Tynker in our summer professional development bootcamps! Summer 2022 is coming and we are thrilled to offer three different summer professional development boot camps to prepare teachers for the coming school year. These boot camps give teachers time to dive into Tynker content, practice coding, collaborate with other […]

Featured Maker: Claire’s Favorite Subject in School Is Art!  Meet our newest Featured Maker, 7th grader Claire from Scotland! Her favorite subject in school is art, and when she gets older she’d like to be a digital artist or coder. Cool! Claire recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker: How long have you been coding with Tynker? […]