Author Archive for Tynker

Connor’s Projects Are a Hit in the Tynker Community! When Connor is not in his 4th grade class, you can find him gaming and programming! Ten-year-old Connor, who is from Ohio, particularly enjoys Minecraft. He has big dreams – in the future, he’d like to work for Sony. While he has lots of great projects in Tynker, one stands out for the […]

Code for Free with the 2018 Tynker Summer Code-A-Thon! Summer is almost here! If you’re like most parents, you’re looking for fun ways to keep your child occupied and engaged. Research shows that students who do not take part in educational activities over the summer can lose up to two months’ worth of learning, putting them behind their peers when […]

Community Highlights: June 9 – June 15 It’s Monday, our favorite day of the week! Why? Because we get to recap what the Tynker community has been up to! This week, Tynker users created unique projects like the educational project Plant Life Cycle and the exciting game Hungry Shark. Don’t miss our Twitter and blog updates, either! Projects of the […]

Mia is Passionate About Her Artistic Projects! Meet Mia, an eight-year-old from Minnesota with endless ideas – plus the coding and art skills to bring them to life. She plans on being an artist when she grows up, and sometimes she even uses coding to practice art. Mia’s mom Lisa told us that Mia often writes down ideas in a notebook, […]

Ryan Made His Dad’s Birthday Present in Tynker! Rock climber and programmer Ryan is planning a future as an inventor or game designer! Eleven-year-old Ryan is in the 5th grade in Vancouver, Washington. He’s always been engineering-minded – he climbed a 30-foot-tree when he was just six years old by simply viewing the branches as a spiral staircase to the […]

Community Highlights: June 2 – June 8 Every Monday we get to recap what the Tynker community has been up to! This week, Tynkerers were hard at work creating fantastic and varied projects like Tynker Quiz, Air Battle, Cupcake Decorator, and more. Don’t miss our blog and Twitter updates, either! Projects of the Week Tynker quiz! by katking Test your […]

From Competitors to Collaborators: Meet Co-Creators Sid and Darsh! Meet Sid and Darsh, a dynamic duo who first competed with code and now collaborate! In Sid’s words, “Collaboration’s this year – last year was competition!” The 12-year-old friends – who attend 6th grade in Texas – have been in school together for two years. They both code in their free […]

Tynker at ISTE18: Preview Apple Schoolwork and Tynker in Augmented Reality! This month, Tynker will be in Chicago at one of the largest EdTech expos in the world, the International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTE). We’ll be joined by the Tynker Blue Ribbon Educators, as well as some of Tynker’s most prolific teachers, who will be sharing how […]

Hannah Codes for Causes She Cares About! Hannah is a homeschooled 5th grader from California who loves reading books and learning about animals. In her words, “Dogs are my favorite. We have a dog who’s four and he still hasn’t outgrown his puppy phase. He’s really energetic – you should see him!” Hannah dreams of a career as a writer, […]