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Community Highlights: 7/24-7/31 We’re excited to share our favorite projects and tweets from last week! We saw some exceptionally creative games this week, and can’t wait for you to try them out. Projects of the Week: Your Dog Olive: Take care of your cute dog Olive. You can even brush his teeth! The Impossible Quiz: This remake of the classic Flash […]

Week 8 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Teach Us Something! It’s already week 8 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! This week’s theme is an especially exciting one – we’re challenging kids to teach us something. This is their chance to share their knowledge about anything, be it an academic interest or a sports skill. We can’t wait to see what projects they share with […]

Nitish, Future Scientist (or Engineer), Loves Coding! Nitish is a rising fourth grader who’s turning 10 in just a few months! In his spare time, he enjoys gaming, but also playing outside. And, in his words, “I’m an art guy.” His projects are really impressive – he even created original music for his projects! He’s one of our Code-A-Thon winners […]

Community Highlights: July 17-24 Each week, we share the best and brightest of the Tynker community. Here are the projects and tweets we loved this week – keep contributing to the community! Projects of the Week: Future of Cyborgs: The Movie: Featured Maker Layla returns with a dystopian tour de force! Hamburguesa’s Morning: A talking hamburger that’s late for work? […]

Keith George is Leading the Coding Charge in Alabama Schools The Tynker Blue Ribbon Educators are represented in almost every state in the U.S. and 10 different countries. Keith George, passionate EdTech evangelist, is determined to make Alabama a stronghold for coding in schools.  Keith will be moderating Monday’s #Tynkerchat, with our dedicated code-minded educators. Here’s a little more about Keith: […]

Week 7 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Create a Project About Pets! Week 7 of the Summer Code-A-Thon is upon us! Whether your kids have a dog or cat, fish or snake (or just the bugs and birds in the backyard), summer is an ideal time to spend time playing with and taking care of pets. This week we’re challenging kids to […]

Minecraft Fan Jack Gives Advice To Other Coders! Jack Williamson is in 4th grade and lives in Kansas City. When he’s not coding, he’s playing outside, using Minecraft, climbing, playing on the iPad, or at Cub Scouts. We talked to him to learn more about him, and why he loves to code! What do you want to be when you […]

Community Highlights: July 10 – 17 We’re excited to share the best of the Tynker community – from projects we’ve enjoyed playing, to tweets that we loved! Projects of the Week: get a cocateil? : In this game, the player gets to buy a cockatiel at the pet store and teach it tricks. Be careful to not feed it poison! […]

Week 6 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Create a Game! It’s Week 6 of the Summer Code-A-Thon!  Summer is a great time to relax and enjoy video games. Whether your kids play on the phone, console, or the computer, there’s lots of fun to be had.  This week, we’re challenging kids to create a game in Tynker! Starting from a blank template, […]