Tynker Blog

Zac Has Been Earning Daily Tynker Time For Three Years! When we chatted with twelve-year-old Zac, his mom, Heather, recounted an experience she had at the beginning of Zac’s coding career. “I emailed his technology teacher from elementary school and let him know that one of his projects was being featured, and she replied, ‘I knew from the first time […]

Community Highlights: March 24 – March 30 Every week we get to reflect on what the awesome Tynker community has been up to! We’ve seen hundreds of great tweets showing kids’ enthusiasm for code, and the community has been creating tons of fantastic projects. Make sure to check out all the exciting games we saw this week – we can’t […]

Olivia’s Determination is Inspiring! Meet Olivia, a nine-year-old from Illinois. She plays the flute and even has a year of archery under her belt! When her classmate and fellow 4th grader Ysabella was featured, Olivia was motivated to start creating projects, too! Her determination paid off – we’re excited to be featuring her and her amazing projects. When Olivia found […]

Sebastian Sees the Endless Possibilities of Coding! Meet Sebastian, an amazing programmer who even codes during lunch with his friends! When 10-year-old Sebastian’s not in school (he’s in the 4th grade in Encinitas, California) or coding with Tynker, he’s playing sports like lacrosse, swimming with the swim team, and biking around with his neighborhood friends. Sebastian really impressed us with both […]

Brooklyn Students Help Lead NYC to 1 Million Lines of Code Using Tynker John Frezza is the CS/Tech teacher and single point of contact (SPOC) for Technology at PS 84 Jose DeDiego Magnet School for the Arts and Sciences (K-8th) located in Brooklyn, part of the New York City Dept. Of Education. He has been teaching Technology for six years […]

Community Highlights: March 19 – March 25 It’s our favorite time of the week again – time to recap what our amazing community has been up to! Don’t miss the fun Easter project, programmable metronome, and other great projects that our users have created. We’ve also highlighted some of the cool stuff we’ve seen on our Twitter feed, including tons […]

Antonin is a Talented Maker With Big Dreams! Thirteen-year-old Antonin is a self-taught maker who learned to use Tynker “through trial and error!” He aspires to create video games in the future, but he has other career options, too – he’s also thinking about becoming a hip-hop dancer! He loves coding because he loves logic, video games, and bringing his […]

Tynker Builds Coding Confidence in South Carolina Students Michele Seborowski-Price is a teacher at Orchard Park Elementary School at Fort Mill School District in Fort Mill, South Carolina. She has worked in Technology since 2002 and is currently working on her Masters in Instructional Technology. She loves to play with gadgets and is very honored to have been selected with three […]

NEW: Real World Coding with Python 2 Ready for a deeper look at Python that helps you address real-world problems? Dive into our newest course, Python 2! Tailored for coders who have completed our introductory visual coding courses and want to advance to text programming, Python 2 is a thorough introduction to computer science recommended for ages 13+. This course […]