{"id":14638,"date":"2019-01-10T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=14638"},"modified":"2023-10-27T03:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:03:27","slug":"how-coding-builds-collaboration-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/how-coding-builds-collaboration-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"How Coding Builds Collaboration Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fe69a8b0ec9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #206be5;color:#206be5\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #206be5;color:#206be5\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fe69a8b0ec9\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/how-coding-builds-collaboration-skills\/#How_Coding_Builds_Collaboration_Skills\" >How Coding Builds Collaboration Skills<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/how-coding-builds-collaboration-skills\/#Getting_Hands-On_with_Robotics_and_Drones\" >Getting Hands-On with Robotics and Drones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/how-coding-builds-collaboration-skills\/#Creating_Mods_with_Friends\" >Creating Mods with Friends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/how-coding-builds-collaboration-skills\/#Competing_with_Friends_in_Crystal_Clash\" >Competing with Friends in Crystal Clash<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Coding_Builds_Collaboration_Skills\"><\/span>How Coding Builds Collaboration Skills<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think of when you hear the word \u201ccollaboration\u201d? Collaboration has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=define+collaboration&amp;oq=define+collaboration&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4718j1j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defined<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as \u201cthe action of working with someone to produce or create something,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtfarmer.com\/blog\/what-collaboration-really-means\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201ctwo or more people working together toward shared goals.\u201d In today\u2019s networked society, we all need to learn how to work together effectively to accomplish shared goals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tynker is a great tool for teaching kids how to collaborate! They use online tools and text to work asynchronously with others to create projects, and they team up with other kids face-to-face to help each other learn to code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_Hands-On_with_Robotics_and_Drones\"><\/span><b>Getting Hands-On with Robotics and Drones<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_14643\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14643\" class=\" wp-image-14643\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110124516\/2019-01-10-1-1280x720.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BeZr5cy3vKQ\">Video: Curriculum In Coding @ BTPS<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Tynker, kids can collaborate as they help each other program drones and robots! Take for example a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BeZr5cy3vKQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6th grade math class<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Buffalo Trail Public Schools in Alberta, Canada. Students learned about angles as they designed tracks and programmed robots to run the course correctly. They had to work together to create their tracks and help each other successfully program the robots!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When kids use Tynker to program Parrot drones, they work together to complete the correct code and navigate the drone while it\u2019s flying. Just watch the video below to see how these students at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StJosephsCPS\/status\/1063448119357120512\">St. Joseph\u2019s School<\/a> work as a team to launch and catch their drone&#8211;and how excited they are when their drone-flying mission is accomplished!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time for another Genius Hour with Decoders and some excellent examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gotynker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gotynker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParrotEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParrotEducation<\/a> coding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stjcpdc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stjcpdc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stjcpdecoders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stjcpdecoders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ab2wOpfFkz\">pic.twitter.com\/Ab2wOpfFkz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; St Joseph&#39;s Cathedral School Swansea (@StJosephsCPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StJosephsCPS\/status\/1063448119357120512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Solving Challenges Together<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14644\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14644\" class=\" wp-image-14644\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110125043\/Collab2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110125043\/Collab2.jpg 938w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110125043\/Collab2-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110125043\/Collab2-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190110125043\/Collab2-768x716.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dee_hearts_book\/status\/1071104365413322752\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kids around the world take collaborating with Tynker beyond the screen through coding clubs, school projects, and coding time with friends. \u00a0When his students code with Tynker, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/williams-middle-school-shines-as-coding-leader-for-houston-isd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featured Teacher Adrian Santesteban<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> says: \u201cI encourage collaboration between each other in order for them to work together to think critically to resolve the problems in front of them. It\u2019s great to see them interact and talk through the problem until they arrive at a solution.\u201d And with Tynker, coding collaboration doesn\u2019t just happen when teachers facilitate it: kids talk to each other about code blocks to reach a successful outcome\u2014like flying a drone or completing Candy Quest!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_Mods_with_Friends\"><\/span><b>Creating Mods with Friends<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Tynker, you can create mods with friends! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When kids play Minecraft together, they\u2019ll help each other create skins, mods, and mobs, to make immersive worlds! In Tynker\u2019s Mod Creator, kids can see a gallery of Minecraft creations, all crafted by the Tynker community. Kids can remix their own versions of these creations. And in our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/courses\/minecraft-game-design\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minecraft Game Design 1 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">course, kids can even build their own multiplayer games.\u00a0<\/span>With Minecraft, kids can take game-playing to a whole new level as they collaborate!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Competing_with_Friends_in_Crystal_Clash\"><\/span><b>Competing with Friends in Crystal Clash<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/new-battle-with-friends-in-crystal-clash\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crystal Clash<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, our newest multiplayer game, kids can compete with friends as they battle with the best code they can think of! This coding challenges requires kids to be persistent and resilient as they strategize using code. The longest-surviving player is the winner, who then reaches the Champion level. Along with other critical 21st-century skills like critical thinking and logical reasoning, kids learn collaboration skills as they play Crystal Clash! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready to help your child get the collaboration skills they need? Tynker offers intrinsically collaborative activities like Crystal Clash, our multiplayer game! With over 2,000 coding challenges, your child can practice navigating online tools, writing compelling text, and interacting face-to-face with other coders today!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/parents\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Explore Courses<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Coding Builds Collaboration Skills What do you think of when you hear the word \u201ccollaboration\u201d? Collaboration has been defined as \u201cthe action of working with someone to produce or create something,\u201d and \u201ctwo or more people working together toward shared goals.\u201d In today\u2019s networked society, we all need to learn how to work together effectively to accomplish shared goals. 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