Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: January 9 – 15
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Here are a few highlights from the Tynker community this past week:
Featured Makers
Projects of the Week
Eat Stuff. Avoid Stuff.: In this game, you need to move around while avoiding the rainbow-colored balls and eating all the dots!
Skiing: This beautiful (and very fun) game was made by local 4th grader Julian, who’s created some truly amazing games in Tynker.
Bake a Cake: Make and customize your own virtual cake!
Tynker in the News
Tynker was featured in a Samsung Insights list called “5 Learn-to-Code Apps to Make Education Fun.”
The EdTech Advocate also featured Tynker in an article about how to teach kids to code.
Whooo’s Reading, a popular reading platform used in schools, featured Tynker in a list of the “8 Essential Android Apps for STEM Learning.”
Tweets of the Week
Using #Tynker to learn about #MLK and practice our coding and problem solving skills. #TFNBusTech #WeCanDoHardThings #growthmindset pic.twitter.com/KKt2XL7RbJ
— Emily Biegel (@emilybiegel) January 12, 2017
Working with Ms. Torrey on our Martin Luther King tynker timelines! #greenacrespride #tynker pic.twitter.com/NvO8987a6u
— Jaime Deppert (@4deppertga) January 14, 2017
Writing code to create a Martin Luther King, Jr. timeline #justtynkeringaround @katherinelutz4 pic.twitter.com/6DIlTwXbYq
— Beth Martin (@bamartin1014) January 13, 2017
@Mariah_Morris18 working with Tynker to build time lines. #GESPride pic.twitter.com/dJJ7Y2CqpZ
— Chad Miller (@PrincipalCMill) January 12, 2017
Ss code.@gotynker #MLKday2017 timeline. #HCSDL @HCSDTIF @ncdpiDTL @ncstem @codeorg @HokeCoSchools @mcbride_edutech 3rd grade Ss. #CSforAll pic.twitter.com/wk4xATbzS9
— West Hoke Elementary (@Dolphinville) January 14, 2017
