Author Archive for Tynker

5 Ways to Get Involved in Your Child’s Education Getting involved in your child’s education is one of the best ways to help them get ahead! Research shows that students whose parents are involved tend to perform better academically, have fewer behavioral issues, and receive academic attention sooner. Now that schools are closing for the summer, you have more time […]

Community Highlights: May 26 – June 1 It’s Monday, which means we get to recap what the Tynker community has been up to! This week, Tynkerers were busy creating amazing projects ranging from clicker games to snails and barrels. Don’t miss our featured tweets or blog update either! Projects of the Week Dr. Dee’s Lab UPDATE by Kenzie This new […]

Noah Gets Inspiration from Comics! Get ready to be blown away – ten-year-old Noah’s only been coding for a couple of months, but he’s already had five featured projects! Noah lives and codes in Tianjin, China. When he’s not kept busy with his homeschool curriculum, he’s coding, reading, drawing, making comics, and stamp collecting! We’ve been really impressed by Noah’s […]

The Power of Play: How Kids Benefit from Game-Based Learning Game-based learning, particularly with computer games, is a powerful way to channel the magic of play into learning. In fact, game-based learning dates back to the 1970s! Remember Oregon Trail? By leading a family on their journey west, you learned how to make logical decisions, communicate efficiently, and work toward […]

Learn How Gabe Combines Code and Toads! Meet amphibian lover and ambitious programmer Gabe! He lives in Oklahoma and just turned ten – although he told us he feels like he’s always been ten! When Gabe isn’t working on his 4th-grade homeschool curriculum, he’s squeezing video games into his schedule, raiding the fridge, or playing with his pet toads and frogs! […]

Community Highlights: May 19 – May 25 We hope everyone had a great long weekend! It’s time for our favorite part of the week – recapping what the Tynker community has been up to. This week we saw really creative projects with incredible art. Don’t miss the opportunity to run your own juice stand, play air hockey (in the air!) […]

Chess Champion Braden Found Tynker Through His Friends! Featured Maker Braden is a budding young programmer and future inventor! The fourth grader lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, so as he told us, he’s a Packers fan. He’s been coding for a year and has created some really fantastic projects! When he’s not coding, Braden enjoys drawing, playing video games, or camping. […]

Gabriel’s Been Coding with Tynker for Four Years! Gabriel, an eleven-year-old 6th grader from Indiana, loves to code! He’s been learning to code for years – his dad taught him JavaScript and HTML, and he’s been using Tynker since he was just seven. When we asked him about his hobbies, he told us, “I play Minecraft! I actually own a […]

Hedy Lamarr: Brains Before Beauty Most of us don’t go a day (or, let’s be honest, an hour!) without using Wi-Fi, GPS, or Bluetooth – but chances are you didn’t realize that Hedy Lamarr, best known for her 1940s film career, was the woman behind it all. Deemed “the most beautiful woman in the world” by MGM – but quoted […]