Author Archive for Tynker

Aspiring Actor Asher Expresses Himself with Code! Ten-year-old Featured Maker Asher lives near Philadelphia and is full of energy – in addition to coding, his hobbies include playing soccer and snowboarding. He attends an overnight camp that allows him to practice these outdoor activities, as well as his passion, acting! “In school, we have this event called ‘Script to Screen,’ […]

NEW Course: Introduction to Augmented Reality Augmented Reality is a new way to extend coding beyond the screen! In this introductory self-guided course, kids discover how to build interactive experiences that blend the real and virtual world using the webcam in their computer or iPad. What is AR? You may be familiar with AR within the context of Snapchat filters […]

Bella Looks to Her Favorite Tynkerers for Advice! Bella just started coding this year and already has a featured project! We’re impressed by the way she combines her budding programming skills with her artistic ability to create amazing projects in Tynker. For Bella, coding is “really, really fun.” She continued, “I think it lets me be creative.” Bella lives and […]

Brookhaven Innovation Academy Takes Georgia Ahead in the Coding Game Brookhaven Innovation Academy is a Georgia State Charter School grounded in coding, as well as project-based and personalized learning. Brookhaven believes that coding is the language students need to learn to be successful in the 21st century!  This guest post was written by Julie Tolbert, Head of School for Brookhaven. You […]

Community Highlights: July 9 – July 15 Happy Monday! The Tynker community was busy working on Week 2 of the Summer Code-A-Thon last week – our young coders put their creativity and talent to work creating pet-themed games and more. Continue on to check out some of our users’ amazing work! Projects of the Week Nobility (Fixed) (STRATEGY GAME) by […]

Phenix City Schools Embody ‘College and Career Readiness’ with Tynker Phenix City Schools is a public school district serving approximately 7,000 students in grades pK-12. Located in the eastern-most portion of Georgia, Phenix is separated from the larger city of Columbus by only the Chattahoochee River. This guest post was written by Tamara Sanders, Instructional Technology Specialist at Phenix. You can […]

See What Future Rock Star Talon Has to Say About Coding! Meet Talon, a fantastic maker from Brisbane, Australia. He’s eight years old and already has big plans for his future – he aspires to be a rock star and an app designer! When Talon’s not in his 4th-grade classroom or busy coding, he’s practicing Taekwondo. In fact, he just […]

Logan Uses His Unlimited Tynker Time to Create Awesome Projects! Logan is a veteran programmer – he’s only eleven but has already been coding for two years! He lives in Galway, Ireland, and loves playing the ukulele or guitar, playing handball, and training to be a clown. Even though he’s only in 5th grade, Logan already has an idea of what […]

Community Highlights: July 2 – July 8 Happy Monday! We love starting out the week by updating you on what’s happening in the Tynker community. The Code-A-Thon is off to a great start! Over the course of Week 1, we saw lots of interesting projects on our theme of fireworks, as well as other fantastic projects. Don’t miss cool games […]