Author Archive for Tynker

Creating and Engineering Code with Isaac! Featured Maker Isaac has many hobbies and interests–he’s an expert on fish, plays several instruments (including the piano, trumpet, and flute), and codes! He is an eleven-year-old from Kansas who has aspirations of becoming a chemical engineer! With math and science as his favorite subjects, it’s easy to see why Isaac is so good […]

Community Highlights: December 3 to December 7 We had so much to celebrate this week, between Hour of Code, fun new projects, and lots of great articles on the Tynker blog! Projects of the Week Harpoon by dude202 Run up the score by utilizing your underwater harpoon to capture fish of all different types! Beat Street by infinity-570 Defend yourself […]

Jean Sammet, Programming Language Pioneer! Jean E. Sammet, who entered the 1950s world of computers from a mathematics background, led the development of FORMAC (FORmula MAnipulation Compiler), the first commonly used programming language for manipulating non-numeric algebraic expressions. With another well-known woman in STEM, Grace Hopper, as the technical consultant for the project, Sammet also helped develop COBOL (Common Business-Oriented […]

Coding in Charlotte’s Web! Meet 8-year-old Featured Maker Charlotte! She has many hobbies, such as swimming and chess. She also loves to write and, of course, code! In school Charlotte loves writing and math. Her dream career? To be an architect! When she makes a couch fort, she always plans in advanced how to use the cushions and arranges them […]

Learning to Create Code with Bryce! Meet Bryce, our eight-year-old Featured Maker from South Carolina! He loves to code on Tynker and play soccer, especially defense! Bryce has aspirations of being a game developer when he grows up, which is a great follow-up to learning how to code.  Bryce’s favorite class in school is his computer class because he gets […]

Sangudo Community School Taps Into Creativity with STEAM! Sangudo Community School is a rural K-9 school located along the Pembina River in Sangudo, Alberta, Canada. The school has 112 students and focuses on a balanced education including arts, athletics, and academics with a large Maker Lab for students to explore their interests and passions. This guest post was contributed by […]

Oskar Competes with Code! Featured Maker Oskar is eight years old, and some of his favorite hobbies are playing Tynker, playing soccer (he’s currently on a soccer team), and jumping on the trampoline. He’s got lots of favorite school subjects; he can’t pick just one. A fun fact about Oskar: He’s half Swedish, speaks Swedish, and gets to go to […]

Community Highlights: November 26 to December 2nd Wahoo! Hour of Code Week is here! Now’s the time to celebrate all things code through fun coding projects at home and in school. If you’re waiting for inspiration to strike before you unleash your coding masterpiece, check out some of these great projects and tweets from our Tynker community and blog! Projects […]

Ahmad Codes to Make People Happy! Seven-year-old Featured Maker Ahmad loves to learn – he is interested in every subject in school! When he grows up, he wants to become a professional coder! Ahmad is self-taught, and he continues to learn more and grow every time he codes. His favorite thing about coding is making people happy! We were lucky […]