Tynker Blog

Tynker’s new Synthesizer blocks make creating your own sound effects and instruments fun and easy.  You can create funky basslines, crunchy dubstep drops, glitchy chiptunes, or a groovy ‘70s organ solo—in short, sounds, noises, and instruments from any style of music you can imagine! You can even create bleeps and bloops from retro games like Pong, Super Mario, and Donkey […]

Tynker’s Top 5 Coding Courses in April While adjusting to remote/online learning this spring, we’ve seen more kids gravitate to Tynker than ever before, completing close to 3 million coding activities in the last 45 days—Amazing! Whether they’re interested in game design, drones, art, math, robotics, music, or advanced coding languages like Python, kids of all interests and experience levels […]

There’s no denying a connection between math, computers, and music. Studying these fields requires pattern-seeking, problem solving, logic — and for most of us — a degree of patience, practice, and grit. Let’s explore the recent upgrades and improvements to Tynker’s Music and Sound system and find out how you can combine coding with music to make your own songs:  […]

Teaching Remotely with Tynker: Linda Nelson Connect @StMarysRCDOW St. Mary’s Catholic School Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England If the COVID-19 crisis has taught us anything, it’s that we’re all part of one global community, and that’s why we were so excited to speak to Linda Nelson of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Bishop’s Stortford, about thirty miles northeast of London. Linda’s […]

Let’s get comfortable with the absolute basics of Tynker. In this coding for beginners tutorial, you’ll learn how to move Actors on the Stage using code blocks. After logging in at tynker.com, you’ll see your Dashboard. First click Projects, then +Create a New Project. You’ll see links to all sorts of exciting computer programming basics templates: From here you can […]

Teaching Remotely with Tynker: Robert Velamisa Connect @ps268brooklyn P.S. 268 The Emma Lazarus School Brooklyn, NY At The Emma Lazarus School (P.S. 268) in Brooklyn, teacher Robert Velamisa is discovering the challenges of transitioning to remote learning. From making sure kids have internet access and compatible devices to posting and grading online assignments, every day offers new insight on teaching […]

Noah is 12 years old and codes because he loves it and wants to become an engineer when he grows up. As our newest Featured Maker, Noah has a wealth of hobbies, including Legos, hockey, and especially football!  Noah’s a big NFL fan and has incorporated that into his favorite project, NFL Quiz, which is what first got our attention! […]

How About Some Good News? With everything that’s been happening over the last few weeks, it’s important to find good news where you can. Whether it’s been the incredible response by our health care workers, the kindness of neighbors, or the generosity of those donating time and money to relief efforts, the human spirit is intact and running on all […]

Teaching Remotely with Tynker: Avi Gvili Avi Gvili teaches Python and JavaScript to his middle school students at the Elias Bernstein School in Staten Island, NY, where he’s found that his background as an author has heavily informed his approach to teaching them coding skills. “Computer science is about language, about text, the relationship between the reader and text,” Avi […]