{"id":7760,"date":"2017-01-16T18:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T02:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:57:19","slug":"introducing-tynkers-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/introducing-tynkers-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tynker Community Forum: Finally, a Place Where Teachers Talk Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The\u00a0Tynker Community Forum: Finally, a Place Where Teachers Talk Code!<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an educator, finding time to get your questions answered is always a challenge. Often, you only have a short amount of time to answer emails, or your prep time is full with helping students. We get that. That\u2019s why many educators have resorted to using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gotynker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gotynker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to connect with like-minded teachers to get their questions answered. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, we\u2019re not all on Facebook or Twitter. This is why we\u2019ve created\u00a0the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.tynker.com\">Tynker Community Forum<\/a>!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0What are the benefits of this community? <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share code-bits and ideas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share teacher strategies for introducing code concepts to students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your coding questions answered by members of the community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn from experienced Tynker Educators on how to maximize the platform<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, of course, it\u2019s gamified! When you take part in the forum, you get positive feedback for answering questions and earn badges for reaching new levels in the community. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/forum.tynker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Check Out the Forum<\/span><\/a>\n<h3><b>Three things that make this community special:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><b>1. It\u2019s gamified!<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking part in the Tynker Community Forum is FUN! You earn badges for helping others and you have the\u00a0power to help others reach higher levels by providing them with valuable feedback as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.31.09-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7769\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.31.09-PM-1024x255.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-16 at 1.31.09 PM\" width=\"1024\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.31.09-PM-1024x255.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.31.09-PM-150x37.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.31.09-PM-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.31.09-PM.png 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2. It promotes collaboration and builds relationships<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No longer are you in a silo. Now you are part of a rich community of educators, working together to integrate computer science into your school in order to <\/span><b>change the world! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Connect with others, find new ways to integrate these tools, and share your discoveries. Message each other to connect on a deeper level. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7765\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-3.06.29-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-16 at 3.06.29 PM\" width=\"577\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-3.06.29-PM.png 577w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-3.06.29-PM-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-3.06.29-PM-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.\u00a0You can integrate with your social networks<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to share your questions and ideas to the larger socially-networked community, simply click the share button and bring your strategies to Facebook or Twitter. This invites the larger coding community as well, and can bring the conversation of coding out in the open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.35.23-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7768\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.35.23-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-16 at 1.35.23 PM\" width=\"389\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.35.23-PM.png 389w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.35.23-PM-150x57.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-16-at-1.35.23-PM-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/forum.tynker.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Take Me to the Forum<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tynkerwebinars.youcanbook.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule a demo to see how Tynker integrates into core classes. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an educator, finding time to get your questions answered is always a challenge. 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