Coding for Kids
Community Highlights: April 7 – April 13
It’s Monday, which means we get to bring you the best and brightest of the Tynker community! From a disco-dancing criminal to a lonely spider, this week’s featured projects are sure to entertain you. Don’t miss the featured tweets and blog update either!
Projects of the Week
The very lonely spider by Myra
This storybook-style project tells the story of a spider trying to make friends.
stick miner by intentionalname901
In this game, you can buy upgrades and hire workers to help you mine faster. Click the ore at the bottom of the screen to mine it.
Disco Robber Episode 1 by Fond Muffin
This is a funny, original cartoon involving time travel.
You are Mechzero, a small robot with red hair. Fire projectiles to defeat the bosses.
DON’T TOUCH THE BLUE 2! by Scarce Rain
This simple, clever project will put your mouse or touchpad skills to the test. Keep your cursor away from the blue.
Pong except it’s hard by Gwendolynn
This version of Pong involves controlling four paddles at the same time. Use the arrow keys.
Pickle vs Blob, the beginning of the rival by k’s games
You are a pickle fighting against a blob. Bump into the blob to deal damage, and use items to heal up.
Don’t Let Liam Get You!!! by Stas
Run away from Liam. Be careful, the room will get smaller over time.
Tweets of the Week
Educator Beth Austin always has the cutest tweets! Check out both of hers from this week.
These girls were so excited to code with @gotynker! They said it’s their favorite thing to do at school @drezac @kvedati #girlswhocode #coding #FutureReady #futureprogrammer #D56Achieves @GurneeD56 pic.twitter.com/J9ntcviO0K
— Beth Austin (@MrsA1stGrade) April 14, 2018
These two young men completed Programming 101 on @gotynker! Future coders @drezac @kvedati #tynker #coding #futurecoder #futureready #d56achieves @phintz pic.twitter.com/4uQWQ2xi4q
— Beth Austin (@MrsA1stGrade) April 12, 2018
These kids are absorbed in learning to code with Tynker for the very first time.
@gotynker our 8 and 11 year olds jumped in for the first time today! pic.twitter.com/IVnWmBLyFV
— Stevan Sheets (@navets) April 12, 2018
So cute – according to this educator, her son is “always finding a way to share Tynker.”
My son always finds a way to share @gotynker when he’s with me at #Edcamp. #EdCampNOV8NTX pic.twitter.com/9jTrGaHhXa
— Knikole Taylor (@knikole) April 14, 2018
First graders having a blast with Tynker!
First grade having a blast coding using their new Tynker App!@Sasseprincipal @Mr_Hoolihan pic.twitter.com/HDT7LaKKml
— matthew santiago (@matthew50760349) April 12, 2018
This class is coding brain fitness games with Tynker. Sounds fun!
We are planning, coding, and testing our brain fitness games in fourth grade @Barronschool today. Ask us how we met the criteria and constraints! @PLTWorg @gotynker #codingkids pic.twitter.com/ZFnUyf1hQT
— STEM K-5 SAU57 (@K_5_STEM_SAU57) April 12, 2018
On the Blog
We were busy on the blog this week! Our Featured Makers were Robert and Wyatt, both of whom aspire to be programmers in the future, and have already been coding for a few years. We also posted a Women in STEM article about Carol Shaw, who designed River Raid for Atari as one of the first ever female game designers.
We posted this article about the success of schools who use our premium curriculum on iPad! Two Featured Teacher and Featured School articles went live as well; Miguel Santana from CPS, and Manarat Sana’a International School in Yemen. Mr. Santana raved about Tynker’s scaffolded curriculum and included great quotes from his students, while Arwa Al-Anesi shared her story of teaching Tynker and hope to students in war-torn Yemen.
Last (but not least!) we posted 3 Reasons Parents Choose a Tynker Coding Education. We surveyed Tynker parents to see why they chose to purchase a Tynker plan – the majority (34% of those surveyed) want to prepare their kids for the future with a coding education!
Keep contributing to 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!
