Tynker at FETC: Choose the Best Coding Curriculum

Last Updated: January 23, 2018 8:59 pm
Tynker at FETC: Choose the Best Coding Curriculum

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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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About Daniel Rezac

Daniel Rezac is the Head of Education Partnerships at Tynker. He's been a science teacher, a technology coach, STEAM Coordinator, and school Tech Director working with students from Pre-K to adults. Feel free to reach out to him at daniel [at] tynker.com.