Dean, a 10-year-old incoming 5th grader living in Arkansas, absolutely loves performing hands-on activities and creating his own projects! He plans to put these skills to use by becoming either an engineer or a computer programmer when he grows up. In his free time, you can find Dean drawing, coding, or even making stop-motion animations with his LEGOs!<\/span><\/p>\n Dean\u2019s mom, Amanda, is \u201cvery proud of Dean with all that he has learned and accomplished through Tynker.\u201d We can see why Amanda is so proud \u2013 not only has Dean been featured in Tynker, but he was also a weekly winner in Tynker\u2019s Summer 2017 Code-A-Thon! These two accomplishments are no small feat in the Tynker community! We interviewed Dean to see exactly how he does it. <\/span><\/p>\n How did you get introduced to coding and Tynker?<\/b> I really can\u2019t remember how I got introduced to Tynker, but I\u2019ve already been coding for over a year. <\/span><\/p>\n How did you learn to use Tynker when you were first starting out?<\/b> I experimented with the blocks and eventually I learned how to do some pretty cool stuff with them. The debugger is definitely one of my favorite tutorials.<\/span><\/p>\n How do you get inspiration for your projects? <\/b>I usually look in the featured projects sections for ideas or just look around the house, and then I\u2019ll get inspiration to do something!<\/span><\/p>\n What is your favorite project you\u2019ve made so far? <\/b>My favorite project is the Sketch Pad. I like how I gave it an assortment of colors to choose from, and you can change the size of the pen to as big or as small as you want. There\u2019s also a section to test your colors. There are bright colors, dark colors, and medium colors.<\/span><\/p>\n \n\n