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Community Highlights: December 2 – December 8 Hour of Code flew by this week, and hundreds of tweets of kids using Tynker were shared. Now that we’re halfway through December, we saw some fun holiday projects this week – check them out! Projects of the Week: Interactive Xmas Scene – Sit by the fire, hang stockings, and decorate your Christmas tree […]

One of the beauties of students delving into the world of coding is that it gives more opportunities to engage in the creative process. Storytelling, designing, and making are all useful skills when integrated with coding. Coding offers students newer opportunities to express themselves creatively.

Community Highlights: November 25th – December 1st This week went by so quickly—it’s already time for Hour of Code! We saw lots of amazing projects and exciting tweets. Keep up with us on Twitter and Facebook this week as we dive into HoC! Projects of the Week: Catch The Candy – Drag the bucket to catch all the candy you […]

Tynker Joins Forces with Barbie® on Hour of Code Programming Experience to Inspire Girls to Explore Coding Barbie “Pet Vet” Programming Experience Integrates Barbie Storytelling with Leading Kids Coding Platform MOUNTAIN VIEW Calif., December 1, 2017 —Tynker, the game-based platform that is teaching over 60 million kids how to code, announced a new collaboration with Barbie to expand access to coding […]

Learn how to mod Minecraft on your iPad with Tynker’s step-by-step guide. Customize your game with mods and take your Minecraft experience to the next level.

Tynker’s School Curriculum is Now Available on iPad! Great news – Tynker’s full-fledged curriculum is now on iPad! With integration of Swift Programming language from Apple, Tynker’s iPad coding curriculum makes it easy for educators to introduce students to coding on a tablet. Learn more in our video overview: Introduction to Swift To better prepare students to use Swift Playgrounds […]

Multi-Talented Nathan Loves Coding! When Nathan isn’t acting in commercials, doing Taekwondo as a first degree black belt, or attending rehearsal for theater, he’s coding amazing games! Ten-year-old Nathan is from Sulphur Springs, Texas, and his projects really impressed us. Luckily, Nathan had a bit of time in between his cool activities to chat about why he likes to code […]

Community Highlights: November 18 – November 24 Fidget spinners zoom – This fidget spinner project comes with quiz questions! Planet Explorer – Explore imaginary planets in this awesome project. Sonic the prototype – Try out this prototype remake of Sonic The Hedgehog. GirlGuru! – Featured maker GirlGuru talks about her best projects! Tweets of the week: This teacher is having […]

Noelle Spends Her iPad Time on Tynker! Noelle is perhaps the most enthusiastic maker we’ve ever met! When we gave her a call from our office in Mountain View to her home in Kansas, her mother Heather told us Noelle had been excited about the interview for days! Noelle has limited iPad time but always chooses Tynker for her allotted […]