Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: November 11 – November 17
It’s Monday, and that means we have a great new round of highlights to share! Don’t miss these projects and tweets from the Tynker community – we’re amazed and know you will be, too.
Projects of the Week:
Puss in Boots – Go on an adventure with a swashbuckling cat!
SPACE-X and BEYOND the UNIVERSE – Will SpaceX make it to Mars? Find out in this cool project!
little rainbow!! – Having a rough day? This friendly rainbow is sure to cheer you up.
Nail Salon! – If you’re too busy to make a trip to the nail salon, check out this amazing simulation.
Tweets of the Week:
This student used Tynker to create the diversity he wanted to see in games!
Student wants to see more diversity in games so he updated a Mario character @DeerparkMS #tynker #diversity pic.twitter.com/rC7cWza442
— Lisa Lafond (@Lafond214) November 17, 2017
What an adorable drone selfie!
@gotynker meet your number one fans! #stjcpdc #stjcptechteam pic.twitter.com/4Tm4zYQ5wd
— St Joseph's Cathedral School Swansea (@StJosephsCPS) November 17, 2017
It’s great to see that people are already getting into the holiday spirit – thanks for the drone, Santa!
Christmas shopping for the granddaughter with @gotynker. A drone she codes herself! Santa is going to be awesome this year. #edtechteam pic.twitter.com/Zm3B6XUrIr
— Loveland High School (@Loveland_HS) November 18, 2017
4th graders taught this teacher about Tynker’s Swift integration.
https://twitter.com/billvanlooteach/status/930836720806965249
Look how excited this student is to create a turkey with Tynker!
Creating a turkey in Tynker is a success! #DiscoveryClass #Tynker #HappyThanksgiving @DeerparkMS pic.twitter.com/ZnltBjx3bl
— Lisa Lafond (@Lafond214) November 16, 2017
Kids are having fun with WeDo.
#Year6 @AliceSmithSch building & coding their first WeDo robot to move with @gotynker. Inspired by @MarsCuriosity #Robotics #teamwork pic.twitter.com/y8xCN49TEP
— Primary Computing & Tech | Alice Smith School (@KLASS_Computing) November 14, 2017
On the Blog:
As with last week, we featured two amazing makers: Sophie and Mckenna! Sophie’s “Purpleberry” projects are really popular on Tynker, and Mckenna is so excited about making quality projects that she creates character sketches before she codes. We also posted this article about cool new jobs in tech. We’re busy spreading the word about HOC; these three articles about HOC went live on the blog this week!
