Author Archive for Tynker

Featured Maker Sierra: Code-a-Thon Participant and Future YouTuber! Our newest Featured Maker is Sierra, who participated in the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon! Sierra is twelve years old and loves to read—she’s currently reading the Red Queen fantasy series—and when she grows up, she wants to be a YouTuber or a writer! As a YouTuber, she would make reaction videos and play […]

Tynker Opens Fall 2019 Applications for Blue Ribbon Educators! Since starting the Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator program, we’ve invited hundreds of passionate educators from all over the world to take part in this community. We’ve connected with the likes of Yuang Teck Teo from Malaysia, Charlotte Billot from France, Arwa Al-Anesi from Yemen, and hundreds more.  This past year we highlighted dozens […]

Deborah Estrin: Small Data Expert and Co-Founder of Open mHealth How many times have you gone to the doctor’s office and been asked, ‘How are you doing?’ or ‘How were you feeling this week?’ Unless you keep a detailed record of your actions and symptoms everyday, you probably don’t have a well-informed answer. This is one problem that Deborah Estrin, […]

Featured Maker Isabella: Code-a-Thon Winner and Future NASA Scientist! We’re very excited to feature Isabella, who was one of our Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon winners! Her winning project is a beautiful flamingo Minecraft mob, and she’s made many other great projects with code, like ‘Spooky Pixel Art.’ Isabella lives in Australia and wants to work for NASA when she grows up! […]

Community Highlights: October 5-11 We loved seeing so many great projects and educator tweets this week! We also were excited to see so many great entries for the Lunar Gateway Coding Challenge. Thanks to everyone who participated! Read on to see this week’s highlights! Projects of the Week Flappy Potter by Potterhead Harry Potter is on his way to catch […]

Join Tynker at Pathfinders Winter Institute! “Teachers are some of the most inspiring people to be around. ” -Kate Maloney, Executive Director, Infosys Foundation USA Highlights Application / More Information: http://www.infypathfinders.org Where: Providence, Rhode Island When: February 16-20, 2020 Deadline to Apply: December 16, 2019 Acceptance on rolling basis till full. Applying early increases chances of acceptance. Who is Eligible: Any […]

Community Highlights: September 28-October 4 We’re excited to see so many great projects this week! If you haven’t already entered the second coding challenge inspired by NASA space missions, be sure to do so this week–the competition closes on October 13th! Read on for more great community highlights! Projects of the Week Crossy Road by parallelmilk115 Why did the chicken […]

Explore Tynker’s Introduction to Coding Webinars! Tynker is excited to offer two more free webinars this fall! Both webinars are geared towards educators and education leaders who are beginners. Read on to learn more about (and register for!) the two webinars. Free Webinar: Introduction to Tynker Blocks Get started with Tynker Blocks! In this one-hour Tynker webinar, educators and education leaders will be […]

Build Your Own Coding Projects in Tynker Junior Studios! In our latest update to Tynker Junior, pre-readers will create picture stories, compose music and create geometric art with code. Up until now, they have been exploring the adventures to get introduced to computing concepts such as loops and conditional logic. Now they’ll be able to apply their skills in nine creative […]