Author Archive for Tynker

          Community Highlights: October 29 – November 4th We hope everyone had a spookily good time this Halloween! This week, students used our newest seasonal project, Spooky Brew, to get into the Halloween spirit. Our Featured Maker Natalie impressed us with her tin foil stop motion project, and our Featured School, University Preparatory Academy, showed us how […]

Check out what’s new with Tynker this fall! By now, kids have likely settled into their school year routine: They’ve made new friends, learned their school schedules, and have probably decided what the best (and worst) options are on the school menu. The novelty of the new school year has started to wear off, and kids are starting to look […]

Natalie Creates Stop Motion Projects with Tynker! We’re excited to introduce Natalie, a fifth-grader from Minnesota, who loves to draw, cook, and create art. Her interests run the gamut—her favorite subjects in school are reading, art, and math! She has a knack for finishing thick chapter books all in one day, and her favorite fantasy series is Wings of Fire. […]

University Preparatory Academy Prepares Students for 21st Century Success Located in West Palm Beach, Florida, University Preparatory Academy is a charter school serving K-5 students. Their mission is to provide students with the academic, leadership and social skills that will enable them to attend and graduate from an institution of higher education. This guest post was written by Vasantha Siva, the […]

Community Highlights October 20-October 26 It’s Monday! That means we have some great new projects we want to highlight, as well as some exciting new releases, like Spooky Brew and our Hour of Code webinar! Check out all of these fantastic activities our Tynker Community has been busy with this week! Projects of the Week Hard Robot Battle by infinity-570 […]

This year, we’re offering a tailored PD just for teachers who use Google for Education products including Chromebooks, G Suite for Education, and/or Google Classroom.

Sunaya Brings Her Work to Life with Animation! Step into the world of Sunaya, a multi-talented Featured Maker from Maryland. Eleven-year-old Sunaya loves anime, art, math, Minecraft, and (of course) coding. She even does karate and plays the piano! We were lucky enough to sit down with Sunaya to learn about how she rocks at coding – as well as […]

CISA Prepares Students to Lead India’s Tech Revolution Cambridge International School, Amritsar, is located on a 10-acre campus in the outskirts of District Amritsar in Punjab, one of the most prosperous states in India. CISA is giving opportunities to students across all sections of society and providing an inclusive model of education. This guest post was written by Balraj Singh, who is in […]

             Community Highlights: October 15 – October 21 Every Monday we give you the best and brightest of our Tynker community, from fun projects like Face-Painter Halloween to the exciting announcement of our 2018 Hour of Code offering for teachers! Learn more about what’s going on in the Tynker community by reading our weekly highlights […]