Mercy is our 8 year old student who has been learning coding at Tinker Education for the past one year.In this term, she has taken our Scratch Intensive course.In Scratch Intensive Course, we teach our students the in-depth fundamentals needed in Scratch and aid the students in creating their own [...]
“Coding is today’s language of creativity.” - Maria Klawe As Maria Klawe said, coding is all about creativity. And children are the most creative beings. You could only imagine the projects that children can create with the coding skills they learn at Tinker Education.Yasmeen is our 9 year old student [...]
It is a widely known fact that you need to code to create any form of website. But, did you know that there are ways to create your very own website without a single line of coding?Zach Laberge, a 16 year old entrepreneur from Canada created a website in just [...]
JavaScript is the most popular and easy to code programming language in the world. WHAT IS JAVASCRIPT:JavaScript is a programming language used primarily by Web browsers to create a dynamic and interactive experience for the user. 95% of the websites in the world use JavaScript. It is also therefore one [...]
Romana, one of our youngest Scratch students presented his End of the term project last week. He created a project called "Color Changing". What is the project about?There are two balls, one in turquoise and one in pink. When the sprite GIGA touches the ball, it changes its color to [...]
Last week marked the end of our third term classes. All students had an opportunity to present their own projects which they created with using the knowledge they acquired during the term. For this presentation we had a total of 28 students along with their parents join our end of [...]
“Children learn as they play. More importantly, in play, children learn how to learn.” – O. Fred DonaldsonJust like O. Fred Donaldson said, playing is important while learning.7 year old Moraa not only enjoys to play games but also enjoys to create her own games using scratch.This week, she created [...]
Aliyah, 9 years old has been learning coding for the past 2 years. And for the last 2 months she has been learning about AI and Machine Learning.For this lesson, she learnt about Chatbots!Do you know what are chatbots?Well, a Chatbot, a.k.a Chatting robot is a software that automatically communicates [...]
PyGame is a module that allows for the easy creation of computer games using Python. Typically, when you want to create a game, you will need game engines and very heavy software running on powerful computers. PyGame simplifies that process, especially when a student is new to the concept of [...]
Studies reveal that creating and playing original online games help in children’s brain development. It also allows for creative self-expression, a deep understanding of game rules, structure and new ways of detecting personalities and interests. The players are often involved in planning and problem-solving.Moraa loves tinkering! She is currently a [...]