Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights – September 10-September 16
Among this week’s highlights are a creative farming game, a whimsical zoo game, and a whole bunch of great tweets. We’re excited to bring you the best of the Tynker community!
Projects of the Week:
Cherries & Berries: Plant and harvest fruits and berries in this cool project.
The Zoo of choices: Try your hand at this whimsical game!
Top Tweets:
It’s always great to see Tynker inspiring independence and problem-solving!
See the look of determination here with @gotynker?!?! I love to hear, "I don't want your help, momma. I've got it!" pic.twitter.com/yDYUVARDs8
— Knikole Taylor (@knikole) September 14, 2017
So cute! This tweet features another father-daughter duo bonding over code.
Hailee learning to code whilst Daddy is looking through code #WorkingFromHome @gotynker pic.twitter.com/2Itdh5oBgJ
— Siecroz Photography (@SiecrozPhotos) September 12, 2017
This classroom used drones in a pretty cool way this week.
@HMJHS_Vikings students conducted experiments, then programmed @Parrot minidrones using @gotynker to simulate #HurricaneHarvey helo rescue pic.twitter.com/E4F5xBBJel
— Mr. Gill (@GillMmath) September 11, 2017
One teacher’s enthusiastic response to learning about Tynker’s compatibility with drones: “I can’t wait to fly drones with Tynker. If school is this fun I will never want to retire.”
Drones? Yes, I can't wait to fly drones with Tynker. If school is this fun I will never want to retire. https://t.co/pnuesj7N13
— J. Mark Schwanz (@GPAEdTech) September 10, 2017
On the Blog:
This week, we posted the second article in our “Women in STEM” series – this one’s about Janese Swanson, who brought tech toys to girls.Our Featured Maker this week was Aidan, who was so fun to interview! We also featured Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator Kyleigh Westervelt, who led this week’s #Tynkerchat. The Summer Code-A-Thon was a huge success – thank you for your support and your kids’ participation! Here are the highlights.
Tynker in the News:
Digital Trends published this article about our compatibility with Parrot!
Please join 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.
