Author Archive for Tynker

Are You Ready for Hour of Code? It’s that time of year, and schools are gearing up for Computer Science education week! The yearly tradition for #CSEdWeek is to run an Hour of Code. When you do Hour of Code this year, don’t just do any Hour of Code – do a Tynker Hour of Code.   Everything you need for […]

Alex Loves to Code Projects Featuring Animals! Meet 9-year-old Featured Maker Alex from Arkansas who loves everything about nature and animals! Alex is incredibly passionate about working with animals – when we asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, Alex immediately answered that he has “a lot of ideas, like a zoo-keeper, wildlife researcher, or veterinarian.” […]

Kids Strengthen Artistic Talent Through Tynker! Technology gives us tools, like computer programming, to craft the projects we imagine in our minds. As kids work with technology to produce exciting products, they need to figure out how to design things in creative ways. Not only can this fusion of creativity and technology make for some fun projects kids can do, […]

Lydiksen Elementary Builds a Strong Foundation with Tynker Lydiksen Elementary School, located in Pleasanton, California, just celebrated its 50th birthday. The school is one of nine elementary schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District. This guest post was written by Linda Wu, a teacher at Lydiksen Elementary. You can follow the school on Twitter @LydiksenSchool. Why Coding?   We have a wonderful […]

                Community Highlights: October 6-October 12 It’s Monday, which means it’s time to catch up on everything that happened in the Tynker community last week! Between the release of Autumn Leaves, some great Maker projects, and tips on why Tynker is a great use of screen time, there’s a lot to share this […]

Develop Your Kids’ Creativity and Cognitive Skills with Tynker! Your child’s screen time can be used in positive ways, like helping kids develop cognitive skills they need in school and beyond and giving them opportunities to practice digital citizenship. But with so many good options out there, the trick is knowing what tools—apps, TV shows, and other media—give you and […]

See What Inspires Future Inventor Henry! Brilliant innovator and Featured Maker Henry has big ideas! He is 10 years old and entering the 5th grade in Illinois, where he lives with his family and his cats. Henry loves his cats – he told us that he would own a hundred of them if it were up to him! At school, […]

Community Highlights: September 22- October 5 It’s Monday, which means it’s our chance to catch up on everything that happened in the Tynker community this week! Between the release of Tynker’s New Code Editor and some great user-generated projects, there’s a lot to be excited about this week! Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Tynker […]

                             Code a Leaves-Catching Game to Celebrate Autumn! It’s autumn, and the leaves are falling as the season changes from summer to fall. Help your young coders celebrate the change in seasons by creating their very own game in Tynker to catch the falling leaves! Using block-based […]