Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: February 13 – 19
Happy Presidents Day! If your kids are home for the day, don’t miss our fun cross-curricular Presidents Day project, where kids combine coding and history. Here’s what’s new in the Tynker community this past week:
Featured Makers
This week, we featured two more kids on the Tynker blog: Gabriella, an aspiring actress, and Fatima, who’s already published a book!
Projects of the Week
Jurassic World Animations: This beautiful project combines amazing animations, coding, and dinosaurs! Click on any dinosaur icon to see a different frame-based animation.
Super mario bros: Tynker edition: This game is much easier to play on a tablet, but you can still appreciate the fun graphics the maker added to this platformer game.
hedwigs theme: If you’re a fan of the Harry Potter movies, you’ll recognize this song as the theme for Harry’s owl, Hedwig.
Tynker in the News
EdTech Digest published a fun roundup of FETC resources for making, including Tynker in a special section on “digital making.”
The Edvocate posted their recommendations for how to teach young kids to code, and specifically highlighted Tynker’s Hour of Code resources.
Tweets of the Week
This is what it looks like….When students ask to use @gotynker during free choice time! #pltwproud pic.twitter.com/cOaSYcVpF1
— Allison Mayer (@amayer_teach) February 16, 2017
P6 pupils enjoying exploring Tynker at after school Code Club! @CodeClub @gotynker pic.twitter.com/oqIpJCqyvu
— Coylton Primary (@CoyltonPrimary) February 16, 2017
Some Drone Club Girls trying to code the @ParrotEducation mini drone to take off and land following a spiral route @gotynker #girlcoders pic.twitter.com/AQNZRMILmR
— Alderley Edge School for Girls (@AEGirlsSchool) February 16, 2017
Please join us on Twitter and Facebook and share what your kids or students are making with Tynker!
