Author Archive for Tynker

Community Highlights: July 6-12 There’s so much happening in the Tynker community, from fun events like the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon to stellar projects and tweets from our users and educators. Read on to learn more! Projects of the Week Bug Ball by kevinwong0318 Welcome to Bug Ball! Choose either one or two players and try to get the ladybug past […]

Henry Teaches Other Kids to Code! Featured Maker Henry is from Australia and is nine years old! He loves to play sports (mostly soccer) and code. He teaches his friends how to code and fix bugs in their games. Henry also likes to play the games his friends create! In school, Henry’s favorite subject is science. Read on to learn more about Henry and […]

Mary Lou Jepsen is on a Quest to Improve Imaging Technology “What I try to do is make things that everybody knows are utterly, completely impossible—I try to make them possible.” – Mary Lou Jepsen Have you ever had an experience that propelled you toward building something for the benefit of society? Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of Openwater, a company […]

Community Highlights: June 29-July 5 We hope everyone is having a great summer! If you haven’t seen them yet, check out our articles from last week, like 12 ways to have fun and learn this summer, our post about collaborative Featured Maker Lin, and our highlight of Blue Ribbon Educator Sarah Van Loo. Has your child already signed up for […]

Sarah Van Loo Fuses Arts and Technology One of my favorite things to hear in the classroom is, ‘I did it!’ With Tynker, I hear this regularly. Many teachers have hidden talents, and Sarah Van Loo is no exception: she once illuminated a tutu with a LilyPad Arduino! To Sarah, a Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator and PLTW (Project Lead the […]

2019 Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon Winners! The Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon is happening now, and we’re excited to announce the weekly winners here! Check back every week as we release 10 new winners. Week 8 : Polar Regions Projects Published: 9,831 Winning Projects: Gone Fishing (game category) by maddgirl10 Feed the Polar Bear! (game category) by kkcrunch Week 8: Polar Quiz (quiz category) […]

Lin Gets Inspiration from the Tynker Community Lin is our newest Featured Maker from Oregon who loves to hike, swim, read, camp, and just run around. She is ten years old and has aspirations of becoming a world-traveling photographer who uses film instead of digital cameras! Lin’s favorite subject in school is science: She loves the group activities that students […]

Community Highlights: June 22-28 We love checking out all the great projects from our Tynker users! Last week, we had two Featured Makers, Mari and Alfred, who both get inspiration for Tynker projects from things they encounter in their world. Blue Ribbon Educator Anna Blake makes coding accessible to students, and teachers are using Tynker to help students learn to […]

Alfred Gets Inspiration from Apps! This week’s Featured Maker is Alfred from Norway! He is thirteen years old and loves to code. He also enjoys robotics and Legos. While in school, Alfred loves math because it’s easy and fun for him to find the answer! When Alfred grows up, he wants to pursue electronics. He genuinely enjoys using his coding skills to help others […]