TFE TechCheck: K-2nd Grade Tech News

This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: kids can write a tiny computer program — a list of steps — that lights up a picture on the International Space Station; a two-legged robot named Digit uses sensors, lights and sounds to stay safe around people, and can sit down and switch off if you get too close; a blind card player put tiny tap chips on his cards so his phone reads them out loud; and Apple's new Ask to Browse sends a message to your grown-up before a brand-new website opens — plus three easy habits for Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Kid-friendly, classroom-safe, and ready for circle time.This week on “Tiny Tech, Big News” (Grades K–2):• Your Code Can Fly to Space!• A Robot That Sits Down to Be Safe• Cards That Talk!• Ask Before You Browse0:00 Intro0:36 Your Code Can Fly to Space!1:45 A Robot That Sits Down to Be Safe2:51 Cards That Talk!3:55 Ask Before You Browse4:53 Recap & takeaways

This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: scientists X-rayed a piece of 66-million-year-old fossil poop the size of half a golf ball and found the best-preserved feather from the age of dinosaurs; NASA's X-59 jet finished its 25th test flight, flying faster than sound while built to make a soft thump instead of a window-rattling boom; Minecraft's Wilderness Bound update added an autumn forest with red, orange, and yellow poplar trees, straw beds, and abandoned camps; and a real volcano in Indonesia erupted while a computer-made fake video fooled people around the world — we learn the three clues that gave it away. Kid-friendly, classroom-safe, and ready for circle time.This week on “Tiny Tech, Big News” (Grades K–2):• A Feather Hidden in Dinosaur Poop!• The Jet That Whispers• Minecraft Gets a Fall Forest• That Volcano Video Was Fake0:00 Intro0:38 A Feather Hidden in Dinosaur Poop!1:38 The Jet That Whispers2:43 Minecraft Gets a Fall Forest3:37 That Volcano Video Was Fake4:45 Recap & takeaways

This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: the Hubble Space Telescope found a shape with ten straight sides — a decagon — in the clouds at Saturn's south pole, wide enough to line up thirteen Earths across it; the BepiColombo spacecraft let go of its engine module after almost eight years of flying and is finally arriving at Mercury; nearly 500 kids in Vietnam and more in India brought robots to national championships, where the robots had to run the course with no remote control and only the code the kids wrote; and we learn the number-one clue that a message is a trick — it tells you to HURRY. Kid-friendly, classroom-safe, and ready for circle time.This week on “Tiny Tech, Big News” (Grades K–2):• Saturn Drew a Shape!• A Spaceship Finally Arrives• Kids Everywhere Are Building Robots• If It Sounds Too Good, Check!CHAPTERS0:00 Intro0:36 Saturn Drew a Shape!1:28 A Spaceship Finally Arrives2:19 Kids Everywhere Are Building Robots3:17 If It Sounds Too Good, Check!4:22 Recap & takeaways#TechCheck #EdTech #DigitalCitizenship

This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: a lunar eclipse turned almost the whole Moon a rusty red — and it's completely safe to watch with your own eyes; more than 2,000 human-shaped robots raced and played sports in Beijing, and plenty of them fell right over; NASA's Curiosity rover climbed a whole kilometer up a mountain on Mars; self-driving cars got the OK to give more rides; and more schools than ever are giving phones a rest during the day. Kid-friendly, classroom-safe, and ready for circle time.This week on “Tiny Tech, Big News” (Grades K–2):• The Moon Turned Red!• Robots Ran a Race — and Fell Down!• A Robot Climbed a Mountain on Mars• Cars That Drive Themselves• Phones Take a Rest at SchoolHosted by Ada #TechCheck #EdTech #DigitalCitizenship