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Mishka Brainstorms Projects Wherever She Goes! This week’s Featured Maker spends her time daydreaming about what project she’ll make next! In Mishka’s words, “Sometimes at school when there’s a boring class I think of ideas, like, ‘Ooh, that’d be a good game idea!’” Twelve-year-old Mishka was first introduced to coding at school, then started progressing quickly when her mom downloaded […]

Scott Wiessner has been teaching science and robotics for 17 years, and currently teaches at Vista Unified School District in Vista, CA. He entered Special Education this year and brought those ideas with him.

Celebrate Women in STEM for International Women’s Day March 8 is International Women’s Day, and there is so much to celebrate when it comes to women’s accomplishments in STEM fields! We’ve taken a look at just a few of the amazing women in STEM whom we’ve featured on the Tynker blog. Make sure the women and girls in your life […]

Ceicilia is Already Following Her Dreams! Ten-year-old Ceicilia isn’t just an incredible programmer – she’s also an accomplished pianist who’s participated in multiple international competitions! She’s only in 5th grade but is already following her dreams to be a programmer and a pianist by frequently practicing both, along with doing art. She tuned in for our chat from Australia and […]

Double Peak K-8 Sees Big Tynker Progress in San Marcos Unified SD Christine Dixon is the Innovation Coordinator TOSA at Double Peak K8 School in San Marcos Unified. She leads the Innovation Program and co-teaches with TK-8 classroom teachers in the areas of technology, computer science, robotics, engineering, design thinking, and making in the Makerspace. She shares her thoughts on […]

How Tynker Promotes Peer Learning (And Why That’s Important!) Stanford University defines peer learning as “students learning from and with each other in both formal and informal ways.” Peer learning can provide emotional support, and the fluidity of roles between teacher and student add to the learning experience. With peer learning, the emphasis is on the learning process. When kids […]

Community Highlights: February 26 – March 4 We love seeing (and sharing) what the Tynker community is up to! This week, our users were busy creating fantastic games and animations. Check out our Twitter highlights for a look at how classes are learning with drones, entering coding competitions, and more! Projects of the Week Peppermintos’s News! by peppermintosfox This user […]

Kayra Explores Tynker With His Dad! Meet Kayra, a 3rd grader from Turkey who enjoys robotics and playing basketball. In fact, he aspires to be a basketball player when he grows up! We were lucky enough to speak with nine-year-old Kayra about his projects and how he uses Tynker. He chatted with us in English, which he’s currently learning, and […]

How Learning To Code Develops Kids’ Creativity Casey stares at his computer screen, carefully calculating his next move. As part of a school science project to create a simulation of the Earth’s tides, he has spent the better part of the hour trying to animate a moon orbiting the earth, a series of commands that is proving more complex than […]