Author Archive for Tynker

Community Highlights: August 27 – September 2 Happy Tuesday! Our community was hard at work coding projects and showing off their creations over Labor Day Weekend. Don’t miss this week’s projects – like digital air hockey and a cat battle game – or our Twitter and blog highlights! Projects of the Week BETA Space War v3.0.0 by Mateo Dodge or […]

Connor’s Constantly Creating in Tynker! An aspiring paleontologist, 8-year-old Connor is extremely active – both outside and within the Tynker community! Connor hails from Arkansas and loves to run, jump, and climb in his free time. When he’s not moving around outside, Connor can be found playing with his cats, building with LEGOs, or coding. In addition to his other […]

Dean Prepares to be a Programmer! Dean, a 10-year-old incoming 5th grader living in Arkansas, absolutely loves performing hands-on activities and creating his own projects! He plans to put these skills to use by becoming either an engineer or a computer programmer when he grows up. In his free time, you can find Dean drawing, coding, or even making stop-motion […]

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller: The First Woman (and Nun!) to Earn a CS PhD What is Mary Kenneth Keller Known for? As the first of the women in tech to earn a PhD in Computer Science, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller paved the way for thousands of women in technology to pursue CS degrees! Rising to prominence in the mid-1900s, Sister […]

Barrington 220 Prioritizes STEM with Tynker Located about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, Barrington 220 educates nearly 9,000 students from PK-12. Since forming in 1973, Barrington 220 has been inspiring all learners to achieve excellence. In 2018 Barrington 220 was named the “Best School District in Illinois” by 24/7 Wall Street. This guest post was written by Becky McDowell, K-5 […]

Community Highlights: August 20 – August 26 Every Monday we bring you the best and brightest of the Tynker community! Try out a few of the cool games we saw this week (like a kid-made version of Whack-A-Mole), and don’t miss our tweet or blog highlights either. Happy Monday! Projects of the Week Evil Demons by Markm21 Navigate your way […]

Kelsey Gets Creative with Code! Ten-year-old Kelsey from Texas has only been using Tynker for a year, but she is already excelling! The incoming 5th grader is a big fan of math, and in her free time she likes to play video games, watch TV (her favorite show is The Simpsons), and, of course, code! Kelsey’s father, Jay, highlighted Kelsey’s […]

Denzel’s Love of Books Inspires Him to Code! “I like books and I like coding and sometimes books inspire me to code!” Meet Denzel from Australia, who loves to ride his bike, read and write books, and code. He has plans to make a game called Superbook! Denzel, who’s 8 years old and in Year 3, has lots of great […]

Prince Edward County Meets CS Standards Thanks to Tynker! Prince Edward County Public Schools is located in central Virginia in the growing town of Farmville. The K-12 division is home to a highly diverse group of 2,100 students and offers a wide variety of instructional programs aimed at preparing students not only for college but also for the workplace. This guest […]