Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: May 1 – 7
This was a really big week because Tynker’s new iPad courses Space Cadet and Dragon Spells, aligned with the Everyone Can Code program from Apple, generated a ton of interest and excitement. Additionally, Microsoft demonstrated using Tynker to code in Minecraft: Education Edition at a big Microsoft Edu event. Make sure you check out the many stories about Tynker this week!
Plus, the Tynker app is currently featured in the Apple App Store!
Tynker in the News
Tynker app teaches kids Apple Swift with coding games in Engadget
Apple partners with Tynker to create game-based Swift coding lessons for kids in 9to5Mac
Tynker teaches Swift to grade-schoolers for Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ program in AppleInsider
Tynker’s new courses use games to teach kids Swift in Cult of Mac
Apple Partners With Tynker To Teach Kids How To Code in Ubergizmo
Apple partners with Tynker on free games that teach kids Swift coding language in iLounge
Tynker Launches 2 Free K—5 Courses for Apple’s Coding Initiative in THE Journal
Tynker, rvlvr, and other awesome apps of the week in Cult of Mac
Tweets of the Week
1st Graders coding in @Tynker They love switching to see the #swift code #everyonecancode #ADEchat #coding pic.twitter.com/FJKgk5aU6b
— Brendan Kelly (@MrKelly027) May 4, 2017
Space Cadet w @gotynker is a hit w my Kinder Ss, super easy for my ELL Ss to read #csk8 #csforall #cs #primarycoders pic.twitter.com/LK8PEZLCLf
— Dr. Batista (@kinderCUE) May 5, 2017
Featured Makers
This week, we featured two more creative makers on the Tynker blog: Preston, a 9-year-old from Kentucky, and Caiti, a 12-year-old from Georgia.
Projects of the Week
Skeletron Prime Battle: In this highly original game, you need to dodge incoming mechanical arms and lasers to survive!
My Dog Cooks: A cute interactive animation about a cooking dog!
Science Fair Project: This student used Tynker to make an awesome science fair project that evaluates whether the Bat Signal is scientifically sound!
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!
