{"id":10735,"date":"2017-10-25T10:43:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=10735"},"modified":"2023-03-15T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T17:01:17","slug":"between-tynker-and-python-scout-is-a-self-taught-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/between-tynker-and-python-scout-is-a-self-taught-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Tynker and Python, Scout is a Self-Taught Master!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Between Tynker and Python, Scout is a Self-Taught Master!<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world needs more strong girls in STEM, and fourteen-year-old Scout is certainly one of them! Her projects and enthusiasm continually impress us. Scout attends 8th grade in Australia, and she enjoys playing soccer and coding at home. We learned a lot when we chatted with her \u2013 Scout is involved in coding for girls in her local community, has taught herself Python, and really understands the importance of learning coding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you want to be when you grow up?<\/strong> I think I want to be a computer programmer of some sort! I definitely want to do [coding] next year in IST at my school \u2013 it\u2019s where you program and learn the different languages, and it has a bit of robotics as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite subject in school?<\/strong> I think my favorite subjects would be English and DNT, which is design and technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get introduced to Tynker?<\/strong> My maths teacher found the app, so he introduced it to the class. We just did a little task on it drawing some shapes, but then I went home and tried to make something else! Before Tynker I liked using Python, but now I like all the features that are really easy to select in Tynker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you learn how to use Tynker?<\/strong> With some things it was quite easy to learn how to use it, but with other things like functions, I had to look online because I didn\u2019t really understand until I did some Googling. I go to a girl\u2019s coding club where these leaders teach you how to code, and I think that really helped because it\u2019s quite similar to the language in Tynker, and it helped me understand all the functions. I think that made it a lot easier, so I had an idea of how to code when I started using Tynker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favorite thing you\u2019ve made?<\/strong> I haven\u2019t really made much because I just started on it, so my favorite thing at the moment would probably be the Spaceman game. I\u2019ve been using Tynker for about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=596d57bf5ae029947a8b45bf&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" height=\"350\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mathematical Spaceman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you ever Tynker with your friends?<\/strong> Yeah, I have a friend at school who does some stuff on Tynker. She\u2019s been on it as long as I have, because we all got introduced to it at school. We worked on this little project on her Tynker account \u2013 we were trying to work out how to use some of the basic functions, so we were trying to make one where it gets your name and makes different acronyms out of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you look at the Tynker community projects?<\/strong> Yes, a lot. I like searching through them and seeing what other people have done. A lot of the featured ones that are tutorials are really useful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite feature in Tynker?<\/strong> I really like how you don\u2019t have to type everything out because I find a lot of times with Python the reason something doesn\u2019t work is that I just forget an extra dash, whereas on Tynker you can just drag the blocks around and it works \u2013 no spelling errors or silly mistakes. It\u2019s really clear and easy to get! It makes it a lot easier to experiment and make bigger projects. I find it so amazing that there are just so many people who use it, like you look at some of the projects and they\u2019ve got hundreds of thousands of views \u2013 so many people are on this app!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do with a project when you\u2019re done with it?<\/strong> Usually, I\u2019ll show my mom and then if I\u2019ve put a lot of work into it, I\u2019ll show my maths teacher as well, and he can help me fix it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you planning to make next?<\/strong> I\u2019ve been working on a game \u2013 I\u2019m going to try to make Whack-A-Mole just to see if it would work!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you think learning coding now will help you in the future?<\/strong> I think basically every job in the future is going to have to require some part of coding! If you don\u2019t know how to do it by then you won\u2019t be as able to do some things, because the future will be so computer oriented.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you like to code?<\/strong> I really like experimenting to see what you can do! I like how when you look at the Tynker community there are so many projects that are all so different, but they\u2019re all made with the same software. You look at the code and there\u2019s just so many opportunities for what you can make \u2013 it\u2019s proof that everyone can come up with a different thing. From the same building blocks, you can make all the ideas that you have.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think other kids should try coding?<\/strong> I definitely think that lots of people should try to get involved \u2013 it\u2019s so important! At my school, there\u2019s not much coding, so people should try to take advantage of all the opportunities that are given.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give for kids starting out with Tynker?<\/strong> They should use the little man in the corner they can drag the blocks over to! He was quite useful, especially with the function blocks and function commands because I had never seen them before. I\u2019d also say that you can always look to the community for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Scout\u2019s mother Alex is proud of Scout and excited she\u2019s learning, telling us, \u201cshe\u2019s really initiated all this interest in coding herself! She\u2019s very much a self-starter and a self-motivated person. If she\u2019s interested in something, she\u2019ll find out about it and do it.\u201d We were impressed to hear that Scout had dabbled in Python before trying Tynker \u2013 Alex said Scout was able to master it after spending just an hour a day learning!<\/p>\n<p>Alex touched on the importance of tenacity and perseverance, noting that Scout is \u201ca really good problem solver and doesn\u2019t get thrown or put off by setbacks or challenges. When I would perhaps give up or other people might think it\u2019s too hard, she has perseverance and sticks with all the problems and likes to get the better of them.\u201d She went on to say, \u201cI think that\u2019s a good life skill \u2013 tenacity and perseverance \u2013 figuring out \u2018What have I done wrong here? Did I type something wrong? Is it just not working for some other reason?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Alex, coding and confidence go hand in hand. \u201cSetting yourself little challenges is very good for kids and gives them the confidence to try things. When they\u2019re really fun, kid-friendly applications like Tynker, it makes it all the more beneficial and fun for them. It gives them challenges that aren&#8217;t too daunting, and they feel confident that they can attempt these things.\u201c We agree \u2013 framing coding in a way that is entertaining and accessible for kids helps them tap into stores of confidence they might not otherwise unearth.<\/p>\n<p>We loved Alex\u2019s observation about the need for learning programming. She said, \u201cThe world changes so fast, and kids have to learn to invent and try and teach themselves things because we\u2019re all in the process of lifelong learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about more than just the code than the career prospects provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/parents\/curriculum\/coding-proficiency\/skills\/\">coding skills<\/a> \u2013 with Tynker, coding is about confidence, building the lifelong learning Alex mentioned, and preparing to understand the future we\u2019re headed for. Thanks for speaking with us, Alex and Scout! We\u2019re excited to see what you make next and where your amazing coding skills take you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between Tynker and Python, Scout is a Self-Taught Master! The world needs more strong girls in STEM, and fourteen-year-old Scout is certainly one of them! Her projects and enthusiasm continually impress us. 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