Featured Maker

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 […]

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 […]

Reasons to Code, According to Nine Young Coders Across the country, legislators and prominent entrepeneurs have been calling for all kids to learn to code. They cite the importance of computational thinking and the demand for programmers in our economy. But what do kids think about expanding CS education? We asked nine kids who love coding with Tynker whether they think other kids […]

Learn about Antimatter from Andy Andy is a 4th grader in Minnesota. He’s made some really advanced projects in Tynker and wants to be a programmer when he grows up. He loves coding and building electrical stuff, like a model robotic arm that he recently built. Andy’s Introduction to Coding Andy learned about coding from his grandfather Eric, an electrical […]

The Bugle 05/17/14 Joliet West High School English teacher Anthony Romanelli recently spearheaded an innovative interdisciplinary project for students in his English 1 class. The project allowed students to learn the basics of computer coding, while recreating a scene from any material read this year, including Sophocles “Oedipus Rex” play, Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, or any other […]