Author Archive for Tynker

Boy Scout Oliver Codes with Honor Featured Maker Oliver Cole, from Ohio, is a history buff with an interest in joining the military–he plans to be an engineer in the army! Outside of school, he loves to play football with his friends. Oliver has only been coding for a year and is a Boy Scout who loves camping and any […]

Xay Saysana Brings Coding to the Classroom! Connect Twitter: @mrsaysana Innovation Coach Website Buffalo Trail Public Schools Location: Alberta, Canada “Students should feel like their time is important and what they are learning matters.” That’s why Xay Saysana, Innovation Coach and Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator,  learns constantly: Armed with edtech tool knowledge, Saysana helps teachers design meaningful coding learning experiences. For […]

Brian Loves Coding and Basketball! We had a chance to speak with ten-year-old Brian from California, who has been using Tynker since his teacher introduced it to him last year. Brian’s also learning how to use Python and wants to be a basketball player–and possibly a software engineer–when he grows up! When he’s not coding great projects or studying his […]

Community Highlights: December 31st-January 5th We hope everyone had a fantastic New Year’s celebration! 2019 is already shaping up to be an exciting year, with these excellent contributions from the Tynker community! Projects of the Week Baconator III ver 1.5.012 by usedwerewolf464 This bacon clicker game stands out with awesome code and great graphics! Dimensions Fight by TheMage Throw your […]

The 4 C’s Needed for the 21st Century: Communication  To succeed in the 21st century, kids need to learn how to communicate using a variety of media. That’s because important conversations happen both in the digital space and in face-to-face environments like classrooms. Kids need to know how to effectively articulate their ideas and questions textually, visually, and verbally. While […]

Vladimir’s Obstacle Course of Code! Featured Maker Vladimir is ten years old! He loves participating in Aikido martial arts, parkour, and of course coding! Vladimir lives in South Carolina and loves entomology, especially myrmecology, the branch of entomology that deals with ants. His favorite subject in school is science because he gets to mix things to make chemical reactions. We […]

Community Highlights December 22nd-December 28th We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! Along with enjoying time with friends and family, don’t forget to spend some time on that coding project you’ve been wanting to try out! Read on to learn more about what’s happened in the Tynker community this week. Projects Hard Halloween Boss Battle! 1 by rotatingkick933 […]

Jarryd Loves to Code! Our Featured Maker this week is Jarryd, who lives in South Africa and is nine years old! Outside of school Jarryd likes to code, and when he grows up he want to be a coder. His favorite subjects in school are robotics and (no surprise here) coding! Jarryd excels at math; he’s three years ahead of […]

Julien Draws Inspiration From His World! Julien is our Featured Maker from Montréal and is twelve years old! When he is not in his advanced courses at school, he likes to play the piano, video games, draw, ski, bike, and of course code! His favorite drawings are composed of his own made-up characters called “Les Dimensionneurs!” When he grows up, […]