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Gavin Loves Coding…And Treasure Hunting! This week’s Featured Maker has a unique hobby – metal detecting! In his words, “I usually find money, but it’s just pennies and dimes­, and a couple quarters now and then.” Gavin, a 10-year-old 5th grader from Texas, loves metal detecting, playing piano (especially classical music!), and coding with Tynker! We’ve been really impressed with […]

Deer Valley USD Teacher Shines as Phoenix Moves Forward with STEM  Sujata Kumar is currently a middle school science and STEM teacher at Anthem School in Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix, AZ. She was very excited when Anthem was informed that they were chosen as one of the pilot schools for coding. Sujata doesn’t have a ton of […]

Made With Tynker: Code in Any Class with Tynker STEM Coding Courses  If you’re a technology teacher, coach, integrator, or facilitator, you know that the measure of success with any technology integration is when it starts being used in any and every class. Are students and teachers using these tools and devices outside of the tech/STEM lab? If they are, then […]

Community Highlights: February 19 – 25 The Tynker community was hard at work last week! Our young coders hosted an art contest, taught other kids how to draw a snake, and created a game about a jetpack dog avoiding asteroids – super cool. Don’t miss our Twitter highlights for a look at how classes are learning with drones, celebrating Black […]

This Oregon Tynker Teacher Knows the Value of Computer Science  Jaime Speed is currently a Teacher and Coach at Juniper Elementary School at Bend-Lapine Schools in Bend, OR. She has been a teacher for 17 years and is passionate about learning—and sparking the excitement in others. She teaches kids and teachers how technology can break down the walls of the […]

Rockstar Coder Nickaan Recreated His Dad’s Favorite Game! This week’s Featured Maker loves to do math in his free time – but that’s not his only hobby! Nine-year-old Nickaan has been playing keyboard for about three years, has some competitive soccer under his belt, and even created the art for his most recent project. According to his mom Pantea, “He’s […]

Artistic Alyssa is a Dream Student! When she found out that her work had been featured on Tynker, 10-year-old Alyssa was at dinner with her family and showing them her game! Everyone was thrilled to hear the news. As her mom Valerie told us, “Alyssa was excited as can be when she found out about this! I think it’s awesome […]

NEW Course for Minecraft Bedrock (Minecraft for Windows)  If your child is on Minecraft, they know that modding is one of the best ways to customize their world. Tynker already has five self-paced online programming courses that cover modding and game design for Minecraft Java Edition (for PC/Mac). With our newest course, Mind Crafters, your child can now mod Minecraft […]

Community Highlights: February 12 – February 18 We’re excited to show you the best of the Tynker community! This week, we saw thousands of projects and hundreds of fantastic tweets. From beautiful animations to learning how to make fried eggs, this week’s projects don’t disappoint! Take a few minutes to check them out. Projects of the week: kewlbeanness by Eliana: Check […]