youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Google and Khan Academy launch Gemini-powered tools that walk you through problems step by step; New Jersey goes bell-to-bell phone-free statewide; a new study asks whether AI can spot hurricanes sooner — a great media-literacy check; a Lviv student wins gold at a world robotics championship; a cyberattack scrambles a district right before school; and a Missouri district writes its first-ever AI rulebook. Civics- and systems-thinking-ready.
A reusable 6–8 worksheet and a copy-your-own Google Form. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.
Middle School Innovators
Apple and Spotify carry the full show; use the feed URL for a Grades 6–8-only subscription.
8 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Clover School District in South Carolina paused student access to most AI tools b…
📺 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Frederick County, Maryland's school board voted 6-1 to ban student generative AI …