Welcome to TechCheck for Middle School! Equip your K-12 students with essential 21st-century digital skills by connecting them to the real world. Released every school week, this series dives into major tech industry shifts, delivering easily digestible, multimedia current events tailored for a middle school audience's cognitive pacing.
Middle School Innovators
Apple and Spotify carry the full show; use the feed URL for a Grades 6–8-only subscription.
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8 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens 'Unacceptable Risk' after 4,000+ test …
8 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Ataraxos beat a Stratego world champion in a game where half the board is hidden;…
9 min 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Discord began sorting every account into Teen or Adult with a model that reads ac…
11 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Google turned on its Gemini AI tab inside Google Classroom for students of all ag…
📺 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: New York City paused student generative AI through 8th grade — and went into 38 e…
11 min 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: New York City paused student generative AI through 8th grade — and went into 38 e…
📺 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Google and Khan Academy launch Gemini-powered tools that walk you through problem…
📺 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Google and Khan Academy launch Gemini-powered tools that walk you through problem…
7 min 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: Google and Khan Academy launch Gemini-powered tools that walk you through problem…
8 min 📺 🎧 TechCheck — “Tech Innovators” | Grades 6–8 The TechCheck Download • a tech current-events podcast for the classroom Cove…
8 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: when generative AI builds a game, who counts as the creator; 'vibe coding' reache…
5 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades 6–8: the Supreme Court lets Texas police the app store, how a phone-ban bill becomes l…
📺 Grade 6-8: TechCheck for June 22 – July 5, 2026 TechCheck is Tech For Everyone's weekly tech-news show for K-12 classro…
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3 min 📺 🎧 Did you know that schools are one of the biggest targets for hackers right now? You are actually the first line of defen…
3 min 📺 🎧 Did you know hackers are demanding millions in cyber attacks, and companies collect over 72 million data points on you b…
4 min 📺 🎧 Dive into the latest tech news for upper elementary students! From an 11-year-old coding a completely functional video g…
TechCheck is highly modular. Use it as an isolated tool for a quick lesson hook, or seamlessly integrate it into your existing tech curriculum. Because these episodes are completely separate from the current events found in the physical TFE Textbooks, you can guarantee your students are always receiving fresh, distinct material.
