{"id":19486,"date":"2019-10-28T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=19486"},"modified":"2023-08-06T21:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T04:47:12","slug":"featured-maker-madeline-code-a-thon-winner-and-future-software-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/featured-maker-madeline-code-a-thon-winner-and-future-software-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Maker Madeline: Code-a-Thon Winner and Future Software Developer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"featured-maker-madeline-code-a-thon-winner-and-future-software-developer\"><strong>Featured Maker Madeline: Code-a-Thon Winner and Future Software Developer!<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>We had the chance to speak with Madeline, one of the winners of the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon! Madeline is in 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade and is enjoying her English and history subjects, but her favorite subject is science, because she likes learning about animals. Her favorite animals are sharks, dolphins, and cheetahs. She\u2019s homeschooled, which means that she has time to focus on subjects she loves, like coding! She\u2019s always liked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/minecraft\/\">Minecraft<\/a>, so when the Code-a-Thon came around, she was excited to participate. Some of her hobbies include coding and playing with her little brother! Read on to learn more about Madeline, a Code-a-Thon winner!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you find out about Tynker? <\/strong>One day when I was on my Kano, I had done pretty much all of the coding activities. So I went ahead and searched coding and I found Tynker. And it said \u2018child safe,\u2019 so I just went ahead and got my own account. And I\u2019ve loved the Minecraft Code-a-Thon ever since!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you get started with Tynker?<\/strong> The Minecraft one. I remember that, because I didn\u2019t have a Minecraft thing, that my friend Jacob I showed him Tynker, and he said he really liked it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have your coding skills improved with Tynker?<\/strong> Yes, I think they have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell us about your winning Code-a-Thon project!<\/strong> It was \u2018Gone Fishing.\u2019 Because I loved the Code-a-Thon, I wanted to do all of the projects and see what happened. And I always liked playing with the coding. Most of the fishing things that I do with code, I call it \u2018Gone Fishing.\u2019 I liked that it was a little polar bear trying to get his food.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> \n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=5d5452687450440c4a6ccb6d&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" height=\"350\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Gone Fishing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What other Code-a-Thon projects are you proud of?<\/strong> I am proud of the Minecraft animals I made. I had made each animal for each of the habitats. I remember putting a bit of purple onto this, a bit of pink onto that, a bit of gold. And it was a really fun experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191018161551\/coding-for-kids-gold-rabbit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19487\" width=\"245\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191018161551\/coding-for-kids-gold-rabbit.jpg 565w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191018161551\/coding-for-kids-gold-rabbit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191018161551\/coding-for-kids-gold-rabbit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20191018161551\/coding-for-kids-gold-rabbit-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&nbsp;Gold Rabbit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are you going to make next?<\/strong> I think next I\u2019ll do the \u2018My Summer\u2019 project because I had a bit of a new experience in the summer. I\u2019m mostly going to make up some stuff here and there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite thing about Tynker? <\/strong>To help kids try to get into it, they put in fun things like Barbie and Minecraft and stuff that kids like. I think that Tynker is very open and I think that it\u2019s helped me continue coding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How is learning how to code preparing you for the future? <\/strong>Since my dream job is to be a software programmer like my mom, I think it is preparing me to get into a software company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you think other kids should try coding? <\/strong>Definitely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice do you have for kids starting out with Tynker?<\/strong> My advice is try not to go too fast. If you need the time, you don\u2019t have to just rush and get through it. Slow down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is a fun fact about you? <\/strong>I read a million words in third grade and I was second-grade age.<strong> <\/strong>I think I read maybe a hundred books. I also read some Shakespeare books. I like all of them. I also like how they put in fun facts about it in the end. They\u2019re small and for kids, and they have little pictures. Macbeth is my favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also spoke with Madeline\u2019s mom, Heather, to learn more about Madeline\u2019s love of coding! <strong>\u201c<\/strong>We like homeschooling because we can tailor it to what our interests are, to what her interests are,\u201d Heather told us. \u201cCoding tends to be a really big part of her day. She\u2019s not doing it because it\u2019s assigned; she ends up filling most of her free time with anything she can code.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> <\/strong>Heather, who is a web developer, also feels that learning to code is preparing Madeline for career options: \u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of studying myself; I didn\u2019t go to school for coding or development. I just ended up there. But to have that knowledge at such an early age, I think it makes them more adaptable to changes that they\u2019re not going to see coming before they get into the workforce.\u201d Kid-friendly platforms are important to Heather, which is why Tynker has been a great learn-to-code tool: \u201cHaving platforms like Tynker where it\u2019s a safe place for children to be is very important as a parent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning to code has helped Madeline develop skills like patience: \u201cShe likes to dive in and go all the way. I think it\u2019s taught her that she makes mistakes, but she can go back and review them. It\u2019s helped her to be more patient and gentle with herself in that learning process.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather also appreciates the benefits of the Tynker community, like the blog and updates about what Madeline is doing with Tynker: \u201cI like how there are updates regularly, on the blog. It\u2019s nice to get emails about what she\u2019s doing or to log in and see what she\u2019s doing, and I think that it\u2019s a good opportunity and resource that I haven\u2019t seen in any other platform we\u2019ve looked at. Other websites, I might see her projects, but it\u2019s not as transparent to me, as a parent, to be able to go in and look at all the projects she\u2019s worked on, and see oh, here she is. I think it\u2019s a good tool to have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re so glad we got to speak with Madeline and Heather, and congratulations to Madeline for being a Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon winner! We can\u2019t wait to see what Madeline creates next!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Maker Madeline: Code-a-Thon Winner and Future Software Developer! We had the chance to speak with Madeline, one of the winners of the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon! Madeline is in 5th grade and is enjoying her English and history subjects, but her favorite subject is science, because she likes learning about animals. Her favorite animals are sharks, dolphins, and cheetahs. 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