Community Highlights: July 23 – July 29
Community Highlights: July 23 – July 29 Happy Monday! The Tynker community was busy working on Week 4 of the Summer Code-A-Thon last week – our incredible users brainstormed ways to change the world....
View ArticleRockin’ Code With Rosalee!
Rockin’ Code With Rosalee! Meet 12-year-old Rosalee from Oklahoma! She will be in the 7th grade in August and has a love of art, sculpting, and drawing. Rosalee really enjoys drawing dragons –...
View ArticleTaking on Code with Game Maker Nathan!
Taking on Code with Game Maker Nathan! Meet Featured Maker Nathan, a 10-year-old 5th grader from Illinois! He challenges himself by playing baseball, basketball, and especially by coding. In his free...
View ArticleCommunity Highlights: July 30 – August 5
Community Highlights: July 30 – August 5 Happy Monday! The Tynker community was hard at work submitting projects to Week 5 of the Summer Code-A-Thon last week – our amazing young coders came up with...
View ArticleCentral ISD Prepares Students with Computer Literacy Skills
Central ISD Prepares Students with Computer Literacy Skills Central ISD is a small 3A school district serving around 1700 students with 60% economically disadvantaged. Located in the heart of East...
View ArticleFuture Vet Sofie Codes Amazing Animal Projects!
Future Vet Sofie Codes Amazing Animal Projects! Meet Featured Maker Sofie, a 9-year-old from North Carolina. Sofie enjoys playing video games and loves animals. She uses Tynker to create projects...
View ArticleZunair Cooks Up Delicious Coding Projects!
Zunair Cooks Up Delicious Coding Projects! Zunair is an 11-year-old from Pennsylvania with an appetite for playing games, reading books, and coding. When he’s not playing Fortnite or reading his...
View ArticleCommunity Highlights: August 6 – August 12
Community Highlights: August 6 – August 12 Happy Monday! Last week, the Tynker community was hard at work submitting projects to the last week of the Summer Code-A-Thon. Check out some of the amazing...
View ArticlePS 65 Aces Innovative Learning with Tynker
PS 65 Aces Innovative Learning with Tynker PS 65, The Academy of Innovative Learning, just celebrated its 10th year of being open to students. Located near the historic St. George district (known for...
View ArticleThe Best of the 2018 Tynker Summer Code-A-Thon
The Best of the 2018 Tynker Summer Code-A-Thon This summer’s second annual Code-A-Thon was a huge success! Our amazing users coded projects following themes like “Create a Pet Game” “Change the World”...
View ArticleMeet Mark, Aspiring Software Engineer!
Meet Mark, Aspiring Software Engineer! If you’re on the lookout for incredibly advanced Tynker projects, Featured Maker Mark is your guy! He lives in Sacramento, California, and is thirteen years old....
View ArticleImij Creates Digital Images With Code
Imij Creates Digital Images With Code Ten-year-old Featured Maker Imij is very well-traveled – she moved from New York to San Antonio and now lives in Maine! She has been coding since the 2nd grade;...
View ArticleEverything New with Tynker for Fall 2018
All Things New with Tynker for Fall 2018 This summer, we’ve been hard at work improving Tynker for Schools! Using your feedback, we have simplified your teaching experience and given you all the...
View ArticleCommunity Highlights: August 13 – August 19
Community Highlights: August 13 – August 19 It’s Monday, which means we get to update you on the Tynker community! This week, we saw lots of exciting games (many of them sports games) and some great...
View ArticlePrince Edward County Meets CS Standards Thanks to Tynker!
Prince Edward County Meets CS Standards Thanks to Tynker! Prince Edward County Public Schools is located in central Virginia in the growing town of Farmville. The K-12 division is home to a highly...
View ArticleDenzel’s Love of Books Inspires Him to Code!
Denzel’s Love of Books Inspires Him to Code! “I like books and I like coding and sometimes books inspire me to code!” Meet Denzel from Australia, who loves to ride his bike, read and write books, and...
View ArticleKelsey Gets Creative with Code!
Kelsey Gets Creative with Code! Ten-year-old Kelsey from Texas has only been using Tynker for a year, but she is already excelling! The incoming 5th grader is a big fan of math, and in her free time...
View ArticleCommunity Highlights: August 20 – August 26
Community Highlights: August 20 – August 26 Every Monday we bring you the best and brightest of the Tynker community! Try out a few of the cool games we saw this week (like a kid-made version of...
View ArticleBarrington 220 Prioritizes STEM with Tynker
Barrington 220 Prioritizes STEM with Tynker Located about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, Barrington 220 educates nearly 9,000 students from PK-12. Since forming in 1973, Barrington 220 has been...
View ArticleSister Mary Kenneth Keller: The First Woman (and Nun!) to Earn a CS PhD
Sister Mary Kenneth Keller: The First Woman (and Nun!) to Earn a CS PhD As the first woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller paved the way for thousands of women to pursue...
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