For Safer Internet Day this year, klicksafe published two new materials on the SID focus topic “AI and me. In an artificial relationship”: a comprehensive lesson material developed in cooperation with FSM including six projects for use in classroom, and a brochure for parents with important tips and support on AI in everyday family life: "My child and AI. Growing up with artificial closeness". Both materials are now available in print and digitally (in German).
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now an integral part of our everyday lives. Young people in particular already use AI extensively - whether it’s AI chatbots for communication, AI search engines for school and everyday things, or AI avatars for social media or games.
However, AI not only offers opportunities, but also risks: deepfakes, disinformation, idealised beauty standards by AI influencers, and the feared loss of creativity or creative jobs.
AI has the potential to profoundly change our world. This poses important questions for society and young people: to what extent do we humans want and are we allowed to allow technology to control us? What ethical questions arise here? How are developments in the field of AI already being regulated today?
All these aspects are addressed in the new teaching material from klicksafe, the German Safer Internet Centre, in cooperation with the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Diensteanbieter (FSM).
With the new teaching material from klicksafe and FSM, teachers can make an important contribution and equip young people with the necessary skills for a future with AI.
What does the new teaching material offer?
First, the basics of AI are explained in an introductory chapter.
- What types of AI are there?
- How has AI developed?
- What are the best-known applications?
- And how is AI already regulated today?
The next chapter looks at how AI is shaping our lives today and in the future. Topics such as filters and algorithms play a role, but also how AI affects our interpersonal relationships, our creativity, our safety and much more.
The third chapter deals specifically with the teaching of AI skills as an interdisciplinary, cross-cutting task in schools. The material offers suggestions for teaching AI skills at different levels and explains how assessment and feedback of student performance is possible despite AI. It also looks at how teachers can use AI in a meaningful way, for example through chatbots in the classroom. Finally, practical AI tools for the classroom are presented.
The six projects on topics such as "The 10 commandments of AI ethics", "Virtual stars - when influencers are not human" and "AI as learning buddies" form the "heart" of the teaching material.
The use of the teaching material is recommended from the seventh grade (12 years).
As additional material, there are also three expert interviews that deal with individual aspects of artificial intelligence in more depth.
Parent guide: My child and AI. Growing up with artificial proximity
The new guide for parents and caregivers "My child and AI. Growing up with artificial proximity", which was created in cooperation with Nummer gegen Kummer, sheds light on how ideas of friendship, love and emotional support can change through the use of AI. It also explores the question of how young people can be emotionally influenced by AI bots.
In addition, the guide offers parents and caregivers concrete support for media education with ten practical tips as well as impulse questions that promote dialog between parents and children. Finally, it contains a glossary with the most important terms relating to AI systems.
Parents and caregivers play an important role in their children's interaction with AI applications. It is crucial that they actively engage with AI chatbots and AI companions and explore them together with their children.
In this context, media education also means strengthening emotional skills. Parents and caregivers can support their children in naming their own feelings, addressing insecurities and seeking help from trustworthy people - not from AI systems.
Both new materials are available for print and download from the klicksafe website (in German):
- AI and me. How artificial intelligence is shaping our lives
- My child and AI - growing up with artificial proximity
Find more information about the work of the German Safer Internet Centre, including its awareness raising, helpline, hotline, and youth participation services, or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.
For Safer Internet Day this year, klicksafe published two new materials on the SID focus topic “AI and me. In an artificial relationship”: a comprehensive lesson material developed in cooperation with FSM including six projects for use in classroom, and a brochure for parents with important tips and support on AI in everyday family life: "My child and AI. Growing up with artificial closeness". Both materials are now available in print and digitally (in German).
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now an integral part of our everyday lives. Young people in particular already use AI extensively - whether it’s AI chatbots for communication, AI search engines for school and everyday things, or AI avatars for social media or games.
However, AI not only offers opportunities, but also risks: deepfakes, disinformation, idealised beauty standards by AI influencers, and the feared loss of creativity or creative jobs.
AI has the potential to profoundly change our world. This poses important questions for society and young people: to what extent do we humans want and are we allowed to allow technology to control us? What ethical questions arise here? How are developments in the field of AI already being regulated today?
All these aspects are addressed in the new teaching material from klicksafe, the German Safer Internet Centre, in cooperation with the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Diensteanbieter (FSM).
With the new teaching material from klicksafe and FSM, teachers can make an important contribution and equip young people with the necessary skills for a future with AI.
What does the new teaching material offer?
First, the basics of AI are explained in an introductory chapter.
- What types of AI are there?
- How has AI developed?
- What are the best-known applications?
- And how is AI already regulated today?
The next chapter looks at how AI is shaping our lives today and in the future. Topics such as filters and algorithms play a role, but also how AI affects our interpersonal relationships, our creativity, our safety and much more.
The third chapter deals specifically with the teaching of AI skills as an interdisciplinary, cross-cutting task in schools. The material offers suggestions for teaching AI skills at different levels and explains how assessment and feedback of student performance is possible despite AI. It also looks at how teachers can use AI in a meaningful way, for example through chatbots in the classroom. Finally, practical AI tools for the classroom are presented.
The six projects on topics such as "The 10 commandments of AI ethics", "Virtual stars - when influencers are not human" and "AI as learning buddies" form the "heart" of the teaching material.
The use of the teaching material is recommended from the seventh grade (12 years).
As additional material, there are also three expert interviews that deal with individual aspects of artificial intelligence in more depth.
Parent guide: My child and AI. Growing up with artificial proximity
The new guide for parents and caregivers "My child and AI. Growing up with artificial proximity", which was created in cooperation with Nummer gegen Kummer, sheds light on how ideas of friendship, love and emotional support can change through the use of AI. It also explores the question of how young people can be emotionally influenced by AI bots.
In addition, the guide offers parents and caregivers concrete support for media education with ten practical tips as well as impulse questions that promote dialog between parents and children. Finally, it contains a glossary with the most important terms relating to AI systems.
Parents and caregivers play an important role in their children's interaction with AI applications. It is crucial that they actively engage with AI chatbots and AI companions and explore them together with their children.
In this context, media education also means strengthening emotional skills. Parents and caregivers can support their children in naming their own feelings, addressing insecurities and seeking help from trustworthy people - not from AI systems.
Both new materials are available for print and download from the klicksafe website (in German):
- AI and me. How artificial intelligence is shaping our lives
- My child and AI - growing up with artificial proximity
Find more information about the work of the German Safer Internet Centre, including its awareness raising, helpline, hotline, and youth participation services, or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.
- artificial intelligence (AI) Safer Internet Day (SID) SID
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