Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights – September 2-September 9
This week’s highlights include an exciting game, an impressive animation, and some great tweets. We love seeing how kids are using Tynker!
Projects of the Week:
DINO COIN: Collect the coins but avoid the dynamite in this prehistoric jumping game!
Sea Pirates: Sea Monster Attack!: Two pirates encounter a sea monster in this cool animation!
Top Tweets:
For this family, father/daughter bonding time means playing Glitch Manor together every night!
as a teacher been a @gotynker fan 4 yrs, but father/daughter time each night doing Glitch Manor is even more special https://t.co/8u6wSSoWKX pic.twitter.com/94pXrhS9Oi
— Christopher Chiang (he/him) (@profechiang) September 3, 2017
Ms. Caines’s classroom is hooked on Tynker already!
First day learning all about coding in Rm 26…I think it's safe to say we are hooked! #rcsdchampions @rcsdjunction @gotynker pic.twitter.com/KulPHXUym5
— Amanda Caines (@ms_caines26) September 5, 2017
Knox hit some walls while programming his drone, but he persevered!
Colin Powell quote @MPEStigers applies perfectly to drone programming using @gotynker. 👏🏻Knox,hit some walls but persevered. #growthmindset pic.twitter.com/Lqv4TrXHTr
— LeAnn Simmerman (@LeAnnSimmerman) September 6, 2017
Watch these students use Tynker to solve a Sphero Coding puzzle:
Yr6 students using Tynker to solve one of our @Sphero #Coding puzzles. @SpheroEdu @gotynker #ADE2017 #aussieED #iPaded pic.twitter.com/dStVgVQ2bn
— Peter Abt (@pabt65) September 6, 2017
On the Blog:
We spoke to Featured Maker Vivian about how she uses Tynker to bring her favorite books to life! We also posted “10 Reasons Kids Should Learn to Code,” where we outlined the top 10 skills kids build when they learn to code with Tynker. On the education front, we shared a guest post from Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator David J. Lockett, as well as a reminder to apply for our Blue Ribbon Educator program this fall!
Tynker in the News:
Newsmax published a piece about rising enrollment in coding camps, featuring a photo of a child using Tynker at last year’s Apple Camp.
We’re also excited to announce that Tynker has been awarded an Academics’ Choice Award for Smart Media!
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 or by playing our Hour of Code activities.
