drones

Parrot Drone + Tynker Subscription = Parrot Mambo Code We’re excited to unveil Parrot Mambo Code, an exciting way to learn to code and become a drone pilot at the same time! This bundle, which allows new pilots to practice their drone flying skills in a virtual environment before executing the commands on a real drone, includes a Parrot Mambo minidrone […]

Image source How Tynker Brings Exciting Drone Technology to Kids Super Bowl spectators last week were in for a treat at halftime as hundreds of perfectly synchronized lights danced in the night sky. Many of us were surprised to discover that these lights were actually drones — 300 of them, pre-programmed and controlled by just a single computer. They were […]

New Programming Courses Released for Drones and Robots! We’re very excited to announce that we’ve released two new drone and robot courses to help kids learn to code at home in a fun, creative way. These courses build upon Tynker’s mission to introduce coding in a way that is relevant to any child’s interests–be it robotics, Minecraft, or advanced text languages. Both […]

Win a Free Drone this Hour of Code! Update: Our Hour of Code drone giveaway ended on 12/16. All winners were notified through Twitter. Thank you to everyone who entered! Here are our 12 lucky winners: Mr. Taylor, Technology Instructor, Alabama Mr. McB, Math/Science Teacher, Wisconsin Kathy Krupa, Technology Integration Specialist, Pennsylvania Mrs. Josie McKay, 4th Grade Teacher, Indiana Kevin […]

Drones 101 School Course Launched We’ve just launched our first drone programming course for schools, Drones 101! This fun introductory course will teach kids the basics of coding and computational thinking as they control and program a drone. This is a perfect addition to your elementary or middle school technology class or makerspace. As a teacher, you don’t need to […]

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 […]