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Summer Code-A-Thon Winners Announced! The 2017 Code-A-Thon was incredible, but it has now come to an end. We are delighted to announce the Week 10 winners from our final week of  the coding challenge, listed below.  We want to thank all you incredible makers for participating in our Code-A-Thon and we look forward to what you will create in the weeks, […]

Community Highlights: June 12 – 18 Happy Monday! Every week, we bring you the best of the Tynker community – from projects that we love playing to makers who inspire us. Projects of the Week Dancing Nyan Cat: The best thing about this adorable animation is that the dancing cat’s movements actually match up perfectly with the music! Doggie Adventure: A […]

Why ‘Making’ is a Priority in Tynker Educator Jen Gilbert’s Classroom The Tynker Blue Ribbon Educators are a dedicated group of teachers who are determined to make coding for everyone a reality. Jen Gilbert is one of those teachers, and she’s leading the charge in Illinois when it comes to the maker movement. Tynker is also a big part of […]

Week 2 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Tell Us Your Best Joke! It’s week 2 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! Last week, kids submitted thousands of “summer celebration” projects, and this week, the challenge is “Tell Us Your Best Joke!” To get started, kids can work through our “Tell a Joke” tutorial, which teaches them the coding fundamentals they’ll need to create a […]

Tynker Chosen as CODiE Award Finalist! We are thrilled to announce that Tynker’s comprehensive coding solution for schools was chosen as a 2017 SIIA CODiE Awards finalist in the Best Coding & Computational Thinking Solution category! Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards are considered the premier awards for the software and information industries. Notably, they are the industry’s only peer-reviewed […]

Week 1 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Code a Summer Celebration! The Summer Code-A-Thon is live, and already we’re seeing so much amazing creativity and coding from our maker community! For week 1, we’re challenging kids to code a summer celebration! To get started, they can work through our PEEP: Dance with Friends tutorial, which teaches them how to create basic animations […]

Community Highlights: June 5 – 11 Happy Monday! Every week, we bring you the best of the Tynker community – from projects that we love playing to makers who inspire us. Featured Makers We featured one more young maker on the Tynker blog: Grace, a nine-year-old from Scotland. Grace wants to be either a doctor or a coder when she grows […]

Come Fly with Me! The Power of Drones in the Classroom The following is a guest post from educator Gabrielle Sipe. She is the K-12 Technology Integrator for the Littlestown Area School District, a Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator, and an Apple Teacher certified in iPads, MacBooks, and Swift Playgrounds. She started her career as a science teacher at the York […]

Future Doctor Grace Fuses Writing With Coding! Nine-year-old Grace is in 3rd grade and considers coding her biggest hobby! She lives and codes in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has come up with some really creative projects. We chatted with her to get to know her better and learn why she loves to create with Tynker! What’s your favorite subject in school? […]