Grade 6-8: ChatGPT for Teens' failing grade, AI exam glasses, a district offline & phone-free plans
This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens 'Unacceptable Risk' after 4,000+ test …
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
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