Coding for Kids
Community Highlights: February 12 – February 18
We’re excited to show you the best of the Tynker community! This week, we saw thousands of projects and hundreds of fantastic tweets. From beautiful animations to learning how to make fried eggs, this week’s projects don’t disappoint! Take a few minutes to check them out.
Projects of the week:
kewlbeanness by Eliana: Check out this imaginative animation!
Cooking Eggs (Advanced) by fluffysuperfluffy: Frying an egg is no simple task! Test your skills with this project.
Subway Surf Girl Gameplay by Brooklyn: Dodge the flying cars in this Subway Surfers-inspired traffic game!
How to draw a llama by unwieldygoat360: This fun tutorial shows you how to draw a llama.
apple game by bravesteer977: Collect the apples while avoiding the spikes.
Vote! *NEW WAY TO VOTE*! by pandadood: This user figured out a way to make a poll in Tynker using Likes! Click the profile link to see the voting options.
Valentines day game by festivesting573: Make your own box of chocolates to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Tynker tutor by girlsrule122: This user wrote three challenges for anyone who wants to make a Tynker tutorial!
Tweets of the week:
These kids are using Tynker to create their book reports. Super creative!
Students love writing book reviews and recommendations to share with their peers using @GoTynker ! #TalawandaEmpowers pic.twitter.com/0LgomUr7VU
— Talawanda STEM (@TalawandaSTEM) February 13, 2018
Another cool use of Tynker – biographical reports.
Third graders at @BoganElementary are using @GoTynker to create informational biography projects! Excellent integration with STEM and their biographical genre study! #TalawandaEmpowers pic.twitter.com/8Rwoxy9yvf
— Talawanda STEM (@TalawandaSTEM) February 13, 2018
Don’t miss this article about Tynker that was published in a small town newspaper!
Check out this great article about what drone winner @da_lovett loves about Tynker, & how he uses it in his class to help his students excel!
"It's more than playing computer games; it's upper-level thinking skills." @olneyenterprise #drones #csk8 #stemeducation pic.twitter.com/XStd4FUMwv
— Tynker (@gotynker) February 15, 2018
Looks like these kids are loving their introduction to coding!
1st graders coding on @gotynker! Would you believe the most difficult thing was just getting them initially logged on w/ long email? The actual coding? Rocking it! #csk8 #csforall#dpsk8 #smusd @SanMarcosUSD pic.twitter.com/At2Uc1z2Sk
— Christine Dixon (@christinekdixon) February 13, 2018
These two are so focused. Love it.
Coding on @gotynker today with our KB buddies! #irvingpride pic.twitter.com/XpLXhdR7jk
— Meredith Weger (@MsWegerMIZ) February 16, 2018
Lots of teachers tweeted about our Valentine’s projects – here’s one of them!
Fourth graders @Barronschool LOVE ❤️ working on the Alien Tilt Game on Valentines Day! @gotynker @PLTWorg #STEM pic.twitter.com/ZR6CIDvvI3
— STEM K-5 SAU57 (@K_5_STEM_SAU57) February 14, 2018
Listen to how excited these kids are about programming drones!
Not just flying drones, we are programming drones! Tynker and Parrot Minidrones now at HAFTR STEM pic.twitter.com/GTUD12eDQ9
— Haftr Stem (@HaftrStem) February 16, 2018
On The Blog:
Mathis was our Featured Maker this week. His mom eloquently said, “Through Tynker, Mathis found a way to channel and challenge his creativity and curiosity.”
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!
