Author Archive for Tynker

                                   Jacob’s Ladder to Success! Featured Maker Jacob loves making games and wants to be a game developer when he grows up, which is something he also does outside of school! He is seven years old and in the 2nd grade. His favorite subjects […]

Sope Creek Elementary Empowers Students with STEM! Sope Creek Elementary is a 30-year old public school in the Cobb County School district located in Marietta, Georgia. Sope Creek is known for innovative learning, high expectations, and a dedication to teacher and student voice and has received AdvancED national STEM Certification. This guest post was written by Linda W. Kurtz, STEM […]

    Josiah Gets a Head Start on His Game-Making Career! For Featured Maker Josiah, learning to code with Tynker is a big step on his path toward becoming a video game maker! 9-year-old Josiah, who’s entering the 4th grade in New Jersey this year, wants to be an engineer who creates games and gaming systems. He loves to code […]

Community Highlights – November 3rd to November 9th So many great things happened in the Tynker community this week! From creating great projects like Super Dash to making storyboards and multiplication games with Tynker, our community is engaging with Tynker in exciting ways! Read on to learn more. Projects of the Week Dodge all the red, but you can take […]

Code a Thanksgiving Turkey Game in Gobble Trouble! It’s almost time for Thanksgiving dinner, which means that all the turkeys are trying to be the last one found! In this project, you’ll make a hide-and-seek game and click on the turkeys while they’re moving between hiding places! Use coding concepts like simple events and messaging, program control, and cloning to […]

                  Marshall Advises Other Coders to Persevere! Meet eleven-year-old Marshall, an avid coder, video gamer, and athlete from Vancouver, Washington! In his free time you’ll find him reading or Tynkering in preparation for his future career as an author or game designer. He even fishes, and once caught a fish twelve inches […]

Buffalo Trail Public Schools Commits to Student-Centered Learning! Located in Wainwright, Alberta Canada, Buffalo Trail Public Schools is committed to maximizing student learning in a safe and caring environment supported by a highly effective team. This school authority serves approximately 4,000 students in grades K-12 in East-Central Alberta. This guest post was written by Heather Rentz and Xay Saysana, Innovation […]

Future Engineer Usman is a Coding Pro! Meet Usman, a 10-year-old Featured Maker from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia! Usman is in the 4th grade, where his favorite subject is math. He loves to practice his math skills even outside of school; when he goes to the grocery store with his dad, he’ll calculate the total cost in his head before they […]

              How Coding Prepares Your Child for the Future Fifteen years ago, few people could predict that in the near future industries would be disrupted by technology. Take for example how Uber and Waymo are advancing the transportation industry through self-driving cars, and how virtual assistants like Alexa inject companionship into mundane tasks such […]