Tynker Blog

Meet Brenda, an Amazing Dancer and Coder Brenda is nine years old and lives in Copperas Cove, Texas. In addition to being a dancer, she’s made some great projects in Tynker that were featured on the tablet app. We asked her some questions about her hobbies and why she loves coding. What are your hobbies? I like to dance a lot […]

Why does a future cop need to learn to code? Ask Benji! Benji is an 11-year-old from McKinney, Texas who has published some really cool projects to the Tynker community. We asked him some questions about what he’s made using coding and how he thinks it will help him in the future. What are your hobbies? Making games and drawing stuff. […]

Meet Kira: Artist, Harry Potter Fan, Animal Lover, and Coder Kira is 13 and she lives in St. Clairsville, Ohio. She combines her artistic and coding talents with her love of animals and pop culture to make amazing animations and stories in Tynker. We sat down with her to ask her about her interests, her future, and why she codes. […]

Hayden: From Video Game Player to Video Game Coder Hayden is a 5th grader in Minnesota. He published some awesome games and stories on Tynker, so we asked him to sit down with us to talk about coding. What are your hobbies? I read and I play games on my computer, like Portal 2. What do you want to be when you […]

Tynkering with Minecraft and Drones at Maker Faire 2016 Thanks to everyone who visited our booth at the Maker Faire in San Mateo this weekend! It was great to see so many kids excited about learning to code. Younger kids loved learning computational thinking and problem solving with our iPad puzzles. Meanwhile, older kids couldn’t get enough of Minecraft modding […]

Meet Lindsay, a Coder and Future Teacher Lindsay is an 11-year-old who lives in Zimmerman, Minnesota and loves coding with Tynker. Learn more about Lindsay! What are your hobbies? I play basketball and I do the iPad. I also watch YouTube. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to teach Kindergarten because the kids are really cute. How did you […]

For Dea, Coding Is About Expressing Her Imagination Dea is a 7-year-old from Newton, Massachusetts and one of our Featured Makers. We noticed that she was making some amazing coding projects in Tynker with beautiful hand-drawn animations, so we asked her some questions about her hobbies, how she uses Tynker, and why she loves coding. What are your hobbies? When I’m not doing […]

What do coding and cooking have in common? Ask Ryan! Meet Ryan, an 11-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio and one of our Featured Makers. He’s published some amazing projects to the Tynker community, so we sat him down to ask him about his hobbies, his future, and what he loves about coding. What are your hobbies? I like to cook and I like to […]

Turn Minecraft Time Into Coding Time Now you can use Tynker’s easy block-based coding language to create mods to customize your Minecraft experience. It takes the already creative, open-ended world of Minecraft and allows you to learn to code as you expand your world and make awesome creations. And it’s free to get started! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH-K6KVXu78 What Is Minecraft? Minecraft is […]