Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: August 26 – September 1
This week, we have some great highlights to share with you from our community! Don’t miss these fantastic projects and awesome tweets from classrooms coding with Tynker.
Projects of the Week:
Warrior Cats part1: Check out this fun project that’s based on the Warriors series of children’s books by Erin Hunter.
Elements: Dress-up meets the power of the elements!
Top Tweets:
We love seeing students starting off the school year right by coding on the first day of class!
We are coding with @gotynker on the first day of LMC?! So fun!! #IvyHillLeague pic.twitter.com/Ea07ij74E7
— Ms. Kathan's Class (@mskathan) August 29, 2017
Coding on day 1 in the @IvyHill_LMC !! @gotynker pic.twitter.com/2TQTxW9zMg
— Mrs Campbell's 2nd Grade (@MrsCampbellSD25) August 29, 2017
Trying out @gotynker with our first day of 2nd grade! @EllenPolito @Galazka2nd #IvyHillLeague pic.twitter.com/OE8zBzaiA4
— Ivy Hill LMC (@IvyHill_LMC) August 28, 2017
On the Blog:
This week we shared “6 Reasons to Raise a Tinkerer” – highlighting the benefits of encouraging a childhood love of coding with robots, drones, and other connected toys – and we spoke to Featured Maker Tyrus about how he is sharing his love of coding with family and friends! We also announced our new full integration with Clever, a tool that teachers and administrators can use to get the most out of their Tynker subscription!
Tynker in the News:
Tynker was feature in a back-to-school post on the blog Kelly’s Thoughts on Things! Kelly sees Tynker as a great way to inspire and empower kids to become future makers. Also, Halifax Citizen mentioned Tynker in their article titled “Learning code not just for tech gurus.” We love their focus on how learning to code is a vital part of 21st century child development!
