Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: April 3 – 9
Every week, we bring you the best of the Tynker community – from projects that we love playing to makers who inspire us.
Featured Makers
We featured two more kids this week: Danae, a sixth grader from Canada, and Max, a fifth grader from Ohio.
Danae says that coding with Tynker has made her want to be a programmer when she grows up – and that the Tynker Community in particular inspires her to build creative projects.
Projects of the Week
OWLS!!!!!!!: This fun project introduces different types of owls with an animation!
Ghost City RPG: This incredibly drawn game was made by former featured maker and amazing artist Ethan.
DR EYE: Mix different potions with Dr. Eye and see what you can create!
Tynker in the News
The “Education on Fire” podcast aired a great interview with Tynker CTO Srinivas Mandyam about getting kids coding!
The EdTech Podcast featured an interview with Srini on an episode about the best trends from Bett.
Make sure you don’t miss a great interview on TeacherCast featuring Tynker Education Community Manager Daniel Rezac.
Tweets of the Week
A classroom in Spain had the awesome idea to integrate coding with Physical Education, with students coding interactive dodgeball games in Tynker!
Lo vimos, nos gustó, lo probamos, funcionó, nos preguntamos…y si lo hacemos nosotros? #EducaciónFísica #TIC #Programación @gotynker #code pic.twitter.com/ywC4swRDkV
— SEF Aranda (@semEFaranda) April 4, 2017
This teacher says her students enjoy coding with Tynker and WeDo 2.0 so much that even during an earthquake drill, she can’t get them to stop coding!
4th love coding in Tynker & Lego WeDo 2.0 that during earthquake drill they keep working! @Weaverwhales #LegoWeDo2.0 pic.twitter.com/mBYYJtm7Lc
— Darielle Tom (@DrDTom) April 4, 2017
Please join the Tynker community! Parents and teachers can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the Tynker Community Forum. Kids can start learning to code and creating for free with the Tynker app for iPads and Android tablets or by playing our Hour of Code activities.
Kids can code!
