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Community Highlights: April 20th-April 26th We’re so excited about the great projects and teacher tweets we saw this week! And we’re thrilled about our newest coding challenge, the Forward to the Moon Mission Patch Design Challenge, inspired by NASA missions! Read on to learn more about this week’s community highlights! Projects of the Week The Battle! by Sam_ Avoid the […]

Laura Smith’s Mission to Ignite Learning “[Tynker] meets [students] where they are and gives them something they can be proud of accomplishing!” – Laura Smith Connect @agentlaurasmith       Agent Smith        Trinity Lutheran Christian School              Joppa, MD “Agent Laura Smith,” as her website and Twitter handle are both called, is […]

Paarus Enjoys Coding Challenges! We would love to introduce Paarus as our Featured Maker! He is nine years old and absolutely loves to play cricket. He would like to be a game developer when he grows up, and right now he enjoys playing Rocket League! When in school, Paarus enjoys math; although it may be challenging, the questions are really fun for […]

The Forward to the Moon 🚀 Mission Patch Design Challenge Calling all innovators! Parents, educators and students: The Tynker team is excited to bring you a wonderful opportunity to participate in a design coding challenge inspired by NASA’s space missions. Since the beginning of time, humankind has had a primordial urge to explore the unknown. Mission after mission, NASA has […]

Community Highlights: April 13th-19th As always, this week there have been all kinds of exciting things happening in our Tynker community: Makers are creating interesting projects, students are using Tynker to acquire and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the classroom, and we’ve announced that Tynker Junior is free for teachers until August 1st, 2019! (Learn more and download Tynker Junior.) […]

Sean Arnold Supports Special Needs Students “Knowing your students, that’s everything.” – Sean Arnold via Site Leaders Connect Interview Connect @SeanMArnold   Brave in the Attempt   NYC District 75 New York, NY What if, during your school day, you built worlds, went on virtual tours, and programmed robots? And what if these activities weren’t just fun and fascinating, but opportunities to grow your creativity, […]

Tynker Junior: Now Available for Schools! FREE for schools till August 1, 2019!* Last December we launched Tynker Junior, a new app designed specifically for early learners ages 4-7 who are just beginning to develop foundational skills such as reading and writing. Today, we are announcing the availability of Tynker Junior for schools. A recent University of Nevada College of Education […]

Sophia’s Canvas of Code Our newest Featured Maker is Sophia from Nevada! She loves arts, crafts, and just building from scratch, which explains her love for coding. Along with crafting, Sophia loves to draw, make 3D objects, and play with Transformers! Sophia has aspirations of becoming an engineer, and her favorite subjects in school include Art and P.E. Sophia sat […]

Community Highlights: April 6th-April 12th We’re so excited to see so many fantastic user projects and teacher tweets this week! New features, like the District Dashboard for district admins, clearly demonstrate why Tynker is valuable for schools, and Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator Janeen Cohen shapes her students’ view and use of technology for the better! Plus, this week: Variables are […]