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Inspiring Projects from Our Young Coders! Have you taken a look at the Tynker community? Kids publish thousands of projects every week to our fully moderated platform. Many kids who use Tynker tell us that their favorite thing is looking through the Community and getting inspired by what other kids are creating. Here’s what they have to say: “I think it’s […]

Coding Motivates Jonah To Learn New Math Concepts! Jonah is in 2nd grade and is eight years old. He lives in Malabar, Florida and loves to game and play with Legos! He uses Tynker as part of his homeschooling curriculum, and also helps his little brothers code with Tynker. He published some very cool games to the Tynker community, so […]

Tynker Teacher Feature: Connected Toys and Connecting Dots with Todd Burleson  In our new blog series, we feature Tynker Teachers who are moving coding forward in their school district. This week, we’d like you to meet Illinois educator Todd Burleson. Todd is excited about Tynker and coding, and recently shared his love for drone programming at the Illinois Computing Educators Conference, one of […]

Gamer and Animator Ethan Loves Creating Games! Ethan is eleven and in the 5th grade. He lives in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, and likes to code, draw, and build things out of clay. He’s coded some really exciting projects, so we spoke with him to find out what inspires him to create with Tynker! What do you want to be when […]

Join Us for Our Very First #TynkerChat with Moderator Adam Welcome!  Now, more than ever, educators are reaching out to us asking how they can connect with other coding educators in their area. While we are working on many new ways to build the Tynker Community, one of the best methods is to bring educators together under a common conversation. For […]

Inspiration Strikes Natasha – Then She Codes! Natasha is in 4th grade and lives in Canberra, Australia. She’s 9 years old and enjoys playing netball (which is a lot like basketball) and drawing. She told us she loves netball because “it’s a team sport and I love my team because they’re really friendly.” We chatted with her to find out […]

Community Highlights: February 20 – 26 Here’s what’s new in the Tynker community this past week: Featured Makers Three new kids joined our family of Featured Makers this week: Lennu, a 12-year-old from Finland, Drew, a 10-year-old from North Carolina, and Brayden, a 13-year-old from Singapore. Projects of the Week My Pet Hamster: In this adorable project, you can bathe, play with, and […]

Brayden Uses Coding to Bring His Ideas to Life! Brayden is a thirteen-year-old from Singapore. We chatted with Brayden and gained some insight into why he loves to code! What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a programmer when I grow up. How did you get introduced to coding? My friend introduced me […]

Tynker Teacher Feature: 5 Observations from Educator Beth Austin!  In our new blog series, we feature Tynker Teachers who are moving coding forward in their school district. Our first Tynker Teacher is Beth Austin, a 1st grade teacher in Gurnee School District 56 in Illinois. We got a chance to observe her with her students, play with some Parrot Drones, and ask her about her […]