Coding for Kids
Community Highlights: December 30 – January 5
Happy New Year! This week was busy for everyone, but our makers still submitted thousands of fantastic projects. Check out what the Tynker community has been up to – we think you’ll love what kids have been creating!
Projects of the Week:
My Animations [ETG preview with Imagi-dog] – A veteran coder announces his return to Tynker with this zany animation about bad breath.
pop goes the weesle! – Whac-A-Mole meets hand-drawn weasels in this fun game.
Multi-level hangman – This hangman game has fifteen different words, separated into categories and difficulty levels!
The Discovery of the Copernican System – This project tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, a scientific pioneer.
Blobby Care by:?? With Comments – Take care of a blob in this project. The project’s creator also added a mechanism to let other users leave comments in remixes!
Tweets of the Week:
This teacher combined Padlet, GoogleEdu, and Tynker to create a great debugging activity for her class. What a great idea!
Year 3 navigated their way through @padlet @gotynker AND @GoogleForEdu’s Classroom app as they looked at the importance of debugging in the coding process. #everyonecancode pic.twitter.com/ofNVdvRRI7
— Arthur Russell (@MrRussellY4) January 5, 2018
These girls are busy coding! “Our girls are #madewithcode.”
https://twitter.com/KZOOTechGYRLS/status/948570004143968256
A highlight of this week was when one dad tweeted that he’d purchased Tynker for his son to make Minecraft Add-Ons, then sent out this tweet of his son’s crazy add-on just hours later. Love it!
https://twitter.com/thecommonpeople/status/948607012388163584
This dad and his cute daughters are hiding inside from Bombogenesis…and passing the time by coding!
It is a snow day and the girls and I decided to do an #HourofCode activity and explore @gotynker. #snowday2018 #bombogenesis pic.twitter.com/HRb4Yqx343
— Kevin Barry (@LPCoachBarry) January 5, 2018
This class looks focused and engaged during their Hour of Code.
Schiller students completed their Hour of Code using Tynker!@PPSnews @PghSuptHamlet @STEAMPrincipal pic.twitter.com/KWxfIjhREC
— Nicole Findon (@STEAMteach) December 21, 2017
On The Blog:
This week, we published an article highlighting Tynker’s accomplishments in 2017! We can’t wait to grow our community even more this year. Young coder Lauren was our Featured Maker this week! Our favorite quote: “Before Tynker, I didn’t really know what a programmer was.” Now, she aspires to be a programmer in the future!
Keep contributing to 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 or by playing our Hour of Code activities!
