Author Archive for Tynker

Welcome to Your New Teacher Dashboard Today we released a beta version of our new educator dashboard! With a fluid UI, the new teacher dashboard provides a simple and streamlined experience that you can access from your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Please try the beta version of the new dashboard by clicking on the link in your current dashboard. […]

Community Highlights: October 21 – October 27 Happy Monday, everyone! Last week we saw hundreds of fantastic projects as always – here are our favorites, along with some great tweets and a recap of our blog posts! Projects of the Week: Max and the Secret Cake: Max is in jail. Then a mysterious cake arrives. What happens next? Tynker Parade: […]

We’ve Updated Our School Coding Curriculum Hello, educators! We have made significant improvements to the Tynker coding curriculum, and there are some changes that you will see in the lessons starting next week. What has changed? Friendlier coding tutorials iPad support for courses Subject quizzes for every STEM coding lesson List of courses being updated We’re adding new courses, available […]

Laura Hanna Learns and Solves Problems Alongside Her Students We’re excited to introduce Laura Hanna, a computer lab teacher and robotics coach at Cordova Elementary Optional School in Cordova, Tennessee. She’s been teaching for 18 years in both middle school and elementary settings, and is a certified library media specialist and a National Board Certified Teacher in Early/Middle Childhood Literacy. […]

Between Tynker and Python, Scout is a Self-Taught Master! The world needs more strong girls in STEM, and fourteen-year-old Scout is certainly one of them! Her projects and enthusiasm continually impress us. Scout attends 8th grade in Australia, and she enjoys playing soccer and coding at home. We learned a lot when we chatted with her – Scout is involved […]

Five Kids Who Will Inspire You And The Young Makers in Your Life Hailing from all around the United States (and the world!), our Featured Makers begin their coding journeys in many different ways. They discover us through enthusiastic teachers, supportive parents, or all on their own; we discover them as we approve each project for the Tynker community! Each […]

Community Highlights October 16-October 21 Each week, we look forward to sharing the best of the Tynker community – with the Tynker community! Last week, we saw some fantastic projects and tweets from users using Tynker in amazing ways. One classroom used Tynker to track a hurricane! We can’t wait to see what the community comes up this week!  Projects […]

Lisa Sato Encourages Her Students to See the Importance of Coding We’re excited to introduce Lisa Sato, a phenomenal educator and the recipient of a grant for teachers in low-income or Title I schools, offered in partnership with Infosys Foundation USA. She’s been teaching for 18 years and has experience with every grade K-8 at both public and private schools. […]

Meet Mary, Artist and Coder Extraordinaire!  This week’s Featured Maker is every teacher’s dream – twelve-year-old Mary loves to learn! In fact, one of the reasons she likes Tynker is that it’s a “very interesting way to learn.” Mary is a 7th grader from Wilmington, Delaware, who enjoys crafting and reading comic books. She even sculpts, making figurines out of […]