Author Archive for Tynker

Creator Toby Explores the Tynker Community with His Friends! Featured Maker Toby is a 5th grader from Flora, Indiana. He’s eleven years old and loves to read and play soccer. We loved his game “The Sneaky Spy” – it’s really creative and fun to play! We were curious to learn where Toby gets his ideas and why he loves to […]

The Buzz on Coding and Outer Space Did you catch the solar eclipse? We’re really excited to see how the eclipse got so many people learning more about space – and how coding plays such a vital role in space travel! We even created a STEM tutorial (you can see part of it above) explaining the eclipse. Here are the […]

Community Highlights – August 14 – August 21 Every week we share the best tweets and projects from the Tynker community. We’re so excited for you to check out this week’s highlights, from baby dragons to schools starting the year with Tynker! Projects of the Week: super kitty episode 3: Check out this awesome animation about a cat superhero. My […]

Coding Allows Camille to Combine Math and Art! Camille is in 4th grade and lives in St. Louis, Missouri! She’s ten years old and likes Roblox, playing piano, and in her words, “Tynker of course – I really like that, it’s fun.” We’ve been really excited by her projects so we wanted to find out more about why she codes […]

Community Highlights – August 7-August 14 As always, we’re excited to bring you the best of the Tynker community! Most of this week’s projects are more like scenes than games – make sure to check them out, and don’t forget to try your hand at playing “Can You Hit The Bullseye.” Projects of the Week: Super Pug: A criminal roams […]

Three Ways Coding Enhances Communication Skills Communication is the focus of the third (and final) installment of our “soft skills” series. The connections between coding, language, and writing in computer programming education help kids learn to express their ideas clearly. This is a great skill to develop for school and beyond. We looked at the importance of coding and how […]

Week 10 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Show Us Your Best! Summer flew by – it’s already Week 10 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! For the final week’s theme, we’re challenging kids to give us their best work yet. This is the perfect opportunity for kids to try something new, stretch their imaginations, and create something incredible! As usual, kids start with a […]

Gabe Thinks Coding is Fun – and a Good Skill! Eleven-year-old Gabe is in 6th grade and lives in Beloit, Wisconsin. He enjoys playing video games, golfing, and having Nerf wars. We really love his projects, so we spoke with Gabe to learn a little more about him and why he codes! What’s your favorite subject in school? Math or […]

Community Highlights: July 31-August 7 Each week, we look forward to sharing the best and brightest of the Tynker community, with the Tynker community! This week, we saw a lot of really well-animated projects, and had a lot of fun exploring them! Projects of the Week Horse Days: Choose a horse, then groom it and ride it. deep sea diver: […]