Coding for Kids
Table of Contents
Community Highlights: October 10 – 16
There’s been a lot going on this past week in Tynker’s Maker Community!
Projects of the Week
Emoji Meme Maker: This project lets you design your own emoji! Choose eyes, a mouth, and more.
quiz projekt: This project was submitted by a student in a Tynker classroom in Sweden. It’s an English quiz for English language learners. We were so impressed by the detailed drawings.
3D Wire Frame Test: This project is made by stradyvarious, a Tynker superstar who has made at least ten incredible featured games. This project uses math formulas to create a rotating shape.
Tynker in the News
Tynker CTO Srini Mandyam was interviewed for a super interesting piece in US News about whether coding should be considered a language and should be allowed to replace foreign language classes in school. What do you think? Should schools replace foreign languages with the option to learn to code?
Top Tweets
Students in the UK are learning to code and program Sphero using the Tynker app!
Coding at the Apple store using the Tynker app. pic.twitter.com/BQfiJk67U7
— Birchgrove Primary (@BirchgrovePrm) October 14, 2016
For CodeWeekUK, an all-girls school is using Tynker to introduce their students to coding and break down stereotypes about what coding is and what an engineer looks like!
Girls @MaynardSchool doing some awesome work to break the stereotypes during @codeweekUK #GirlsWhoCode pic.twitter.com/r2Psg4U5kr
— ComputingLaura (@ComputingLaura) October 17, 2016
We also got some awesome feedback from a Tynker parent whose son is coding with Tynker.
@gotynker my son is loving #tynker and you've been so helpful when we can't figure things out! Thanks for your help #kidscoding rocks!
— Amy Jarju (@AmyJarju) October 12, 2016
You can join Tynker’s maker community! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and download the Tynker app for iPads and Android tablets to publish your own games and projects.
