Coding for Kids
Tynker at FETC: Choose the Best Coding Curriculum
This week marks the one of the country’s most significant education gatherings: The Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida. Tynker and the Tynker Blue Ribbon Educators will be there to help tell their stories about the importance of coding in their schools, as well as how Tynker stands apart from the rest.
We’ll be demoing some of the amazing things that Tynker can do, including:
- Tynker for Schools, our vast, integrated coding curriculum for K-8
- Tynker for Schools on iPad: See what Tynker for Schools looks like in an iPad 1:1 environment
- Code That Drone! Program a drone with Tynker
- LEGO WeDo connectivity and course
- Parrot mini drones and course
Going to FETC? Add these sessions to your calendar now!
Python Taming at Saint Edward’s School
Presenter: Chris Stephenson, @geographywee 
See how I’ve broken down the Python 101 lessons for students in an elective class with bridges to using a blog (Blogger) to document their learning reflections and build knowledge on their Google Site Portfolio.
Time: Wednesday, Jan. 24th: 2pm and Thursday, Jan, 25th: 1pm, Booth #513
Register Now!Tynker! So Much More Than Coding
Presenter: Jessica King, @WeTeachThemSTEM
How my 6th grade students are using Tynker to develop a growth mindset, think critically, and become coding mentors to younger students
Time: Thursday Jan. 25th: 10am, and Friday, Jan. 26: 9:30am, Booth #513
Register Now!Bringing Tynker Coding to the Makerspace!
Presenter: David J. Lockett, @davidjlockett 
Learn about best practices for introducing coding to your makerspace and how you can support coding initiatives in your school or district. Introduce and support programming around coding even without a ton of experience.
Time: Friday, Jan 26th: 12pm, Booth #513
Register Now!Skies the Limit: Using Drones to Get Kids Programming
Presenter: David J. Lockett, @davidjlockett
Tynker provides a good opportunity to developing scientific and mathematical understanding. Students become incredibly excited by drones and a good way to put their coding into a practical context is to learn how to code a drone. Learn how to code drones with visual blocks. Make a custom controller that uses input from a tablet’s accelerometer to steer a drone, navigate a virtual drone through virtual obstacles, and more!
Time: Wednesday, Jan 23rd: 1pm, Booth #513
Register Now!Tynker at Saint Edward’s Summer Camp
Presenter: Kelly Fykes, @kellyfykes
My journey with using Tynker during a week long summer camp with Middle School Kids
Time: Thursday, Jan. 25th: 2pm, Booth #513
Register Now!Tynker for Schools Curriculum
Presenter: Daniel Rezac, @drezac 
An Hour of Code is great, but mastery of CS skills requires more. With Tynker for Schools, a rich, vast curriculum offered by Tynker, students learn coding like a language, starting in the earliest grades, and graduating to JavaScript and Python courses, getting them ready for advanced computer science. With hundreds of lesson activities, STEM lessons, and an amazing mastery gradebook – Tynker is what makes ‘CS for All’ truly possible.
Times: Various times Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Booth #513
Register Now!Tynker for Schools on iPad
Presenter: Daniel Rezac, @drezac
Tynker’s full-fledged curriculum is now on iPad! With integration of Swift Programming language from Apple, Tynker’siPad coding curriculum makes it easy for educators to introduce students to coding on a tablet. To better prepare students to use Swift Playgrounds from Apple, all Tynker puzzles on the iPad have Swift Programming baked in. Now students as young as kindergarten are introduced to Swift! This is an important piece of building schema in computational thinking, and it transitions students into text coding with ease. has
Times: Various times Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Booth #513
Register Now!Code That Drone!
Presenter: Daniel Rezac, @drezac
With Tynker, students aren’t just flying drones – they’re programming them! Students experience the thrill of flight as they use our specialized lessons to program drones.
Times: Various times Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Booth #513
Register Now!***
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