Author Archive for Tynker

Community Highlights: July 27-August 4 We love to see kids using their summer free time to code fantastic projects in Tynker! Check out this week’s round-up of great projects, tweets, and blog highlights! Projects of the Week Bad Wars by DamaniDefend your castle! Fire the cannons and get your upgrades to create a formidable force to keep away all the […]

Pathfinders Summer Institute Educator Highlight: Brittani Gordon “Tynker has opened it up to where anyone can learn to code. That is so powerful to me. If you can learn how to code, you can teach how to code.” For one week every year, educators gather from around the country at Infosys Foundation USA’s Pathfinders Institute. The Foundation’s mission is to […]

Learn to Program micro:bit Using MicroPython! Ever wanted to create your own gizmos with motion sensors, LEDs, temperature sensors and motors? You can do it with micro:bit, a tiny programmable computer using Tynker block programming and MicroPython, a mini version of Python. Tynker’s new MicroPython course for the micro:bit allows users to apply their coding skills to the world of physical […]

 Cole Creates Worlds with Code! Featured Maker Cole is 10 years old and from the sunny state of California! For fun, Cole loves to code (in addition to coding in Tynker, he’s also learning Java!), play the piano (he taught himself how to play the first two verses of ‘Fur Elise’ thanks to YouTube videos), and create stories about one […]

    How to Become a Featured Maker “Oh my gosh, did I win something?!”  “Whoa, this is my first featured project and I’m only a few months in! Am I allowed to be featured yet?”  “I was like, ‘What’s this little badge on it?’ And I click it and it says that I have been chosen!” These are just some of […]

Community Highlights: July 20-July 26 We hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! In this week’s Community Highlights, learn how your child can participate in the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon, check out some impressive projects from our users, and get inspired by our teacher tweets. Projects of the Week Fruit Slasher by Vyrendra Veda Cut the farmer’s fruit and avoid the […]

Amelia Loves to Play and Create Games! We are proud to highlight Amelia as our newest Featured Maker! She is twelve years old and loves to draw dogs in her own unique way. Amelia is from Washington and when she’s not in school, she loves to draw and play with all her pets. They include a dog, a hamster, and a fish! When she grows […]

Create With Code and Win This Summer! The biggest coding event of the summer–the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon–is in full swing! So far, we’ve seen some amazing projects by our Tynker community. As kids participate in the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon, they’re learning about habitats from around the world, from the savannas of Africa to the Pacific Ocean and everything in between! […]

Community Highlights: July 13-19 We’re so proud of our Tynker community this week! We’ve seen some amazing projects from our makers as part of the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon, along with other coding creations. Read on for this week’s highlighted projects and tweets! Projects of the Week Cruis’n the Web by captaintaylor The pirate’s life for me! Time it correctly and […]