Make Hour of AI and Amazing Experience with Tynker's AI Resources!
Tynker has been a proud supporter and innovator in Computer Science Education Week since its inception, now celebrated as an "Hour of AI." This year CSEdWeek is December 8th – 12th. We're passionate about making coding accessible and engaging for all students, and CSEdWeek is the perfect opportunity to ignite a love of computer science in your classroom. For years, we've provided educators with free resources and exciting activities to introduce students of all ages to the magic of coding. This year, we're taking CSEdWeek to the next level with a focus on the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence!
Why use Tynker for Hour of AI?
Why choose Tynker for your CSEdWeek activities? It's simple: Tynker is free, it's one of the easiest way to teach coding, and kids absolutely love it! Tynker offers K12 students a fun, intuitive, and gamified approach to learning computer science concepts. With Tynker, students aren't just learning to code; they're creating, problem-solving, and expressing themselves through technology. We've got so much planned for Hour of AI this year! Just look at this rundown:
5 FREE Amazing K-12 AI Projects for Students to Choose from
[Webinar]: Preparing to Teach an Hour of AI with Tynker
[EVENT] Hour of AI with Tynker + Lumio: LIVE! – a Global Lesson Event!
Hour of AI: LIVE - Join a Global Lesson, or one in your state!
Real World Classroom Visits: Request a Tynker Pro Come to Your School!
Here's 5 Amazing AI Projects for Young Coders:
This Hour of AI, dive into the fascinating world of AI with these five amazing Tynker projects:
1. Weather Control: Students learn about machine learning by training a weather forecasting model to predict sunshine, rain, or snow.
2. Balancing Act: This project explores the concept of reinforcement learning as students teach a robot to balance on a ball.
3. Tickle Monster: Kids explore computer vision by programming a monster to react to different facial expressions.
4. Turtle Racer: This project introduces game design and racing mechanics as students create a fun competitive turtle racing game.
5. Fruit Fighter: Students build a fun game that uses AI to recognize and classify different types of fruit.
These AI-powered projects not only teach core coding concepts but also help students develop crucial technology and digital literacy skills. By interacting with AI systems, students gain a deeper understanding of how this transformative technology works and its impact on their world. Assign them all - now!
Prepare to Teach an Hour of AI with our FREE PD Webinar!
Think teaching Artificial Intelligence is too complex for your classroom? Think again! This webinar will cover how Tynker makes AI simple, engaging, and accessible for students from 3rd grade to high school. We will give you a step-by-step plan to confidently lead your own "Hour of AI" using Tynker's free projects and tools. Join us!
Learning Along with Lumio + Tynker
Tynker is collaborating with Lumio (from SMART™️) to bring you a free, fun, and interactive way to introduce Hour of AI to your class. Join the Tynker + Lumio Teams for our LIVE lesson during CSEdWeek! This event is titled: Hour of AI with Tynker + Lumio: LIVE! and is a global LIVE Lumio lesson for K12 teachers that want to engage in Tynker's amazing Hour of AI activities with their students. Prior experience with Tynker is not required. We’ll bring in Tynker + Lumio Specialists, answer student questions, highlight Hour of AI Tynker Lessons and strategies, give away Tynker T-shirts, and give teachers and students an amazing Hour of AI experience. Come join us!
Request a Classroom Visit!
This year, for CSEdWeek (December 8th – 12th) we'd like to visit your school! Give us your details below, and we'll see if someone from our team can come out and have an amazing session – in person! You can give us two possible dates to visit during the week.
Note: These visits will be US only.
How To Get Started With Tynker for Hour of AI: The Basics
Getting started with Tynker for CSEdWeek is a breeze:
Create a classroom and add students manually or through Google Classroom.
Assign the "Hour of AI" Course: They can then access these exciting projects from their Tynker student dashboards.
Go- and have fun!
Give your students the gift of coding this Hour of AI with Tynker's engaging and educational activities. It's the perfect opportunity to spark their curiosity, boost their confidence, and empower them with the skills they need to succeed in the digital age.
Make Every Week Hour of AI – with Tynker for Schools!
Bring Hour of AI into your classroom for #CSEdWeek2025 with 50+ coding activities and more for all grades when you sign up for a free teacher account with Tynker!
