Author Archive for Tynker

Mari Gets Inspiration from Dogs! Our newest Featured Maker is Mari from California! She is nine years old and absolutely loves to draw. Her favorite thing to draw is dogs. Mari also loves to play outside, particularly on playground structures! While in school Mari loves recess, but her favorite subject has to be math because she loves being able to […]

Community Highlights: June 15-June 21 There are so many exciting things happening in the Tynker community this week! Tynker is at ISTE 2019 in Philadelphia (be sure to come to booth 516 to say hi!) and kids are enjoying summer by making great projects. Read on to learn more! Projects of the Week Explore the Galaxy by Roblox_player Dodge asteroids […]

Anna Blake Makes Coding Accessible to Students    “Tynker gives you the ability to differentiate for each kid’s needs.” Connect @AnnaVBlake   Anna V. Blake Website   Elizabeth Forward School District   Elizabeth, PA This week, we’re excited to feature Anna Blake, a Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator who is also presenting with Tynker at ISTE 2019.  Anna is an Instructional Technology Specialist […]

Announcing the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon! The biggest event of the summer is here! Tynker and Minecraft have joined forces to bring your child an exciting, adventure-packed 8 weeks of summer with our 4th annual Code-a-Thon! Your child will learn about the amazing species on our planet while sharpening their creativity and critical thinking skills as they code. This year’s theme […]

This month, Tynker will be in Philadelphia at one of the largest EdTech expos in the world, the International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTE). We’ll be joined by the Tynker Blue Ribbon Educators, as well as some of Tynker’s most prolific teachers, who will be sharing how they use Tynker with students.   We’ll also be previewing some of Tynker’s up-and-coming […]

Community Highlights: June 8th-14th We’re heading into summer here at Tynker, and that means fun events like our annual Code-a-Thon (sign up now at tynker.com/play/minecraft)! This past week, we saw some great projects from our users and tweets about using drones in the classroom. We featured Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator Paige Besthoff and encouraged our community to try our new […]

Paige Besthoff: The ‘How’ of Teaching Coding Early “I don’t teach my students to be computer programmers. I teach my students the 4Cs: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. Tynker helps me achieve my goal.”  – Paige Besthoff Connect @PCTeacherSHS   CS With @PCTeacherSHS   Spotswood Schools   Spotswood, NJ Paige Besthoff, Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator and teacher at E.R. Appleby School in […]

Community Highlights: June 1st-7th This week, we’ve seen a variety of different projects from the Tynker community, and we’re excited to see how students are using Tynker as the school year wraps up for many schools. On our blog we’ve featured Sharmila Bhattacharya, a NASA scientist who uses bioscience to power space exploration; Featured Maker Xavier, an avid learner of […]

Sue Hartman Brings Learning to Life with Code! “The kids love to see how their coding translates to the action of an actual object, not just an avatar on the screen.” Connect @Hartmantech58         Danbury Schools   Marblehead, OH At Danbury Middle School in Marblehead, Ohio, one teacher is using coding to make a difference in students’ […]