🎙️ [LIVE soon!]
Join us in a few minutes as we welcome
@NASATEM
Education Specialist, Ota Lutz, and talk about
#MarsWeather
! Then, we’ll create the Martian Weather Station
@Gotynker
project!
How do you celebrate
#HourofCode
? 😉
📺 Watch →
#CSEdWeek
Looking to support coding for your Spanish
#ELL
students? Tynker is thrilled to announce school district grants of our new K-5 Tynker en Español courses for your
#ELLs
. Learn more at .
Note: US school districts only.
We are excited to partner with the
@Barbie
team to release the Barbie™ You Can Be Anything™ programming experience, where girls can learn to code and explore
#STEM
careers. Don't miss the new Robotics Engineer doll!
@BlackGirlsCode
@Mattel
You can request free access to the entire Tynker platform and curriculum if your school is impacted by, or planning for, a health-related closure. Feel free to share with any teachers affected. Details at
Tynker will be freely available to all schools worldwide facing closure due to COVID-19 coronavirus concerns. We are also scheduling free webinars for T's on how to leverage the
@GoTynker
platform to support at-home learning by S's. More details at
The
@gotynker
,
@PlayOsmo
,
@geogebra
,
@epic4kids
and
#BYJUS
family enjoyed a visit from
@levarburton
, Osmo's new Chief Reading Officer.
We take inspiration from the millions of teachers that are working to make student's lives extraordinary.
Keep up the amazing work!
There's a lot of talk about why everyone should learn to code but we're keeping it simple: coding helps kids excel, in whatever they pursue.
Here's how coding can improve everything from math skills to confidence:
With kids at home indefinitely, it’s important for us as parents and educators to get them in a consistent routine that will keep them motivated to learn.
Here are some ideas that we came up with at Tynker to get kids exercising their brains—for FREE!
🚀Tynker is thrilled to bring you the second
#Moon2Mars
coding challenge inspired by
@NASA
space missions! Ss will practice coding & storytelling skills, and winners will get a class or school video chat with a NASA expert! Learn more:
@NASASTEM
#WSW2019
Sneak peek at next week's
#ForwardToTheMoon
🚀 'Design A Mission Patch' project, inspired by
@NASA
's
#Moon2Mars
mission. Thrilled to work with
@NASAedu
to bring this your students! 👩🏽🚀👨🏽🚀
➡️Learn how you could have a NASA expert speak with your classroom!
😀 We’re thrilled to announce our summer Code-a-Thon in collaboration with Minecraft, coming June 24-August 18th! Enjoy 8 weeks of FREE Minecraft coding missions and awesome prizes. Get ready by signing up for your free Tynker account!
🚀 "I have always believed that a good engineer is a creative engineer." To celebrate
#WomenInSTEM
and
#MothersDay2019
we’re excited to feature
@NASA
engineer Christina Deoja, who helps power spacecraft missions like the Morpheus Lander and Orion!
Have a very
#NASA
#HourofCode
! Join
@goTynker
and
@NASASTEM
for CodeLab: LIVE- all next week! Each show features a
#NASA
expert, as we code lunar landers, design mission patches, and hone our
#coding
skills! 👩🚀 🇺🇸
⏱️ Dec. 7-11 | 1pmET/10amPT
Sign up-->
We’ve updated our Tynker Junior app with 9 new projects that will inspire your kid’s creativity!
With Tynker Junior you can combine art, music, games, and animation with code with our 5 new creative studios. Learn more!
10 Reasons Kids Should Learn to Code: among them are empowerment, creativity + math skills!
Help your students build these skills (and more) with our
#HourOfCode
activities:
4 Tips for a Successful
#HourOfCode
:
1. Make it student-directed
2. Create opportunities for differentiation
3. Allow them to "fail forward"
4. Encourage them to make with code!
Read more:
4 Tips for a Successful
#HourOfCode
:
1. Give kids interest-based options
2. Let kids teach each other
3. Allow them to make mistakes
4. Encourage them to make with code!
Read more:
Black History Month is a great time to celebrate the impact of African-Americans on the world of coding and beyond.
Our "Tell Their Story" project lets your child craft presentations on notable black Americans and practice coding concepts along the way!
10 Reasons Kids Should Learn to Code: among them are empowerment, creativity + math skills!
Help your students build these skills (and more) with our
#HourOfCode
activities:
With our 2
#microbit
courses, Ss can learn MicroPython and Tynker Blocks to program micro:bits and see how software and hardware interact! Read our press release: Come to Booth 516 for micro:bit demos!
#ISTE2019
@microbit_edu
It's day 3 of our 2020 Tynker Summer Code Jam and we already have over 1,000 entries! Week 1 Challenge is to
#code
your own avatar. $10,000 in prizes is at stake! And it's FREE to participate. Just follow the link to sign up.
#coding
#tynkersummercodejam
Read about how educator Bryan Sanders (
@nayrbgo
) opens up the world of 'Possible possibles' for his students using
#Tynker
and other learning materials.
Worried about planning
#HourOfCode
? We've got you covered!
Just log into your Tynker teacher dashboard & get started w/ 30+ activities that kids love.
ICYMI, Design a 🌗
#MissionPatch
global coding challenge for Grades 1-8 starts this Monday.
The
#Tynker
team invites teachers to join
@NASAedu
for this chance to have
@NASA
experts talk to your students about
#Moon2Mars
. Open to educators everywhere 🌏!
A roboticist, executive, entrepreneur, computer scientist, author, and model — it might be easier to name all the things Carol Reiley isn't! Discover Carol's incredible career in the advancement of robotics, self-driving cars, and much more!
@robot_MD
#HourOfCode
begins tomorrow, but don't worry—we've got you covered!
Just log into your Tynker teacher dashboard & get started w/ 30+ activities that kids love.
#CSEdWeek
Over 7,000 schools & districts have applied for grants of free
#schoolclosure
#Tynker
licenses. We're honored to support educators from 132 countries & 50 US states bring
#RemoteLearning
opportunities to their students. Apply for your grant today:
👩🏫What a Great Group of Educators!
❤️ We love our Tynker Teachers!
💡 Join us for the next round of
#infypathfinders
📆Applications going live soon for the next round July 19 at Indiana University
#everyteachercancode
We've been hard at work improving Tynker for Schools! Make the most of this school year with...
-New curriculum including AR, STEM, & more
-A streamlined teacher dashboard
-Enhanced metrics to easily view progress
-Updated privacy compliance
#CSK8
#STEMed
Why encourage kids to learn to code?
1. Building hobbies builds confidence.
2. They’ll fail—and that’s okay.
3. Hands-on learning is powerful.
4. They’ll see that learning = fun.
5. Coding is a timeless skill.
6. They may just change the world!
Read:
Our new app for
#prereaders
, Tynker Junior, is now available for teachers to use in classrooms (iOS only)! 🌈
4-7 yr olds use voice instructions 👂to play with fun characters to learn foundational computing concepts 💻.
#CSforAll
Learn more at
Did you know it's
#NationalEngineersWeek
?
We brainstormed 11 free STEM activities to get the curious kids in your life interested in STEM – check them out on our blog!
.
@CSTeachersOrg
is looking for K-12 CS educators promoting equity in CS! Consider taking 3 minutes to nominate an educator for the Equity Fellowship to help bring more voices and expertise to the
#CSforAll
community.
#CSequity
Hour of Code has arrived and
@gotynker
has you covered!
Create a fun, easy
#HourofCode
for your students with Tynker! Get access to 40+ FREE Hour of Code activities for K-12, sign up for training and much more!
Get started right here 👉
#CSEdWeek
#CSK8
Margaret Hamilton is credited with coining the term “software engineering” during her work at MIT.
Along with her team, she wrote the code for Apollo 11’s on-board flight software.
#CSK8
#STEMed
#WomenInSTEM
⭐
@NASAEdu
and Tynker teamed up to challenge young makers worldwide to design their own mission patches with code.
@NASA
experts selected 5 winners out of nearly 10,000 entries. Winners and their classrooms will get to video chat with a NASA expert!
Learning to code is crucial to kids' futures!
Recently,
@chancetherapper
surprised a 5th grade class in Chicago and spoke on the importance of developing tech skills:
Women in STEM! Read about the journey of Rana el Kaliouby, an Egyptian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and one of the industry's leading pioneers in artificial intelligence.
Join NASA and
@gotynker
for an
#HourOfCode
with NASA Langley
#Artemis
researchers during
#CSEdWeek
. Activities include driving rovers on the Moon and lunar rover relays! 🖱️🔗:
👩💻 12/9: Take A Lunar Test Drive
🧑💻12/10: Tell Your Lunar Gateway Story
Are You Ready for
#HourOfCode
? Join us on Monday night for
#TynkerChat
! We'll set you up with everything you need to have the most organized, engaged, and exciting event yet!
#elemchat
#CSK8
#CS4all
See you at 4pm PT / 7pm ET!
🥳Tynker Junior is FREE for teachers till August 1, 2019! As a thank-you to our
#Tynker
educator community, our pre-reader app is available to all teachers to use in their classrooms. Read more to get your free access for a limited time:
#CSforAll
👨🏽💻👩🏽💻
What does Tynker have in store for your
#HourOfCode
? Log into your teacher account—or create a free one—to find out!
(Hint: 30+ FREE activities, HOC teacher guides, tracking tools, + more)
How do kids learn to code with Tynker?
Through scenario & story-based learning, they'll solve puzzles, get creative, and transition to JavaScript and Python in no time! Learn more:
10 Reasons Kids Should Learn to Code: among them are empowerment, creativity + math skills!
Help your students build these skills (and more) with our
#HourOfCode
activities: