Better Internet for Kids

The game is aimed at children in the age of 6 to 9 playing with their parents. In the game the players can take part in seven-year-old Luna or Noah for a week in their lives, exploring together different challenges, joys and dilemmas they may encounter online. Topics that are addressed in the game include screen time, netiquette, passwords, age limits, behavior on social media and privacy - and the web as a fantastic resource, when used correctly.

Young europeans spend time on their screens for homework but also to chill, to game and to chat together. Some of them will even challenge each other and launch themselves into “impossible” missions. Challenges are components of their offline environment as well as their online life. Momo Challenge, Blue Whale Challenges or Jonathan Galindo Challenge are no longer unknown. Many young people are cautiously seduced by these challenges and try them in a safe way, but others rush into these challenges without realising the risks. Their popularity creates panic among parents.

Young europeans spend time on their screens for homework but also to chill, to game and to chat together. Some of them will even challenge each other and launch themselves into “impossible” missions. Challenges are components of their offline environment as well as their online life. Momo Challenge, Blue Whale Challenges or Jonathan Galindo Challenge are no longer unknown. Many young people are cautiously seduced by these challenges and try them in a safe way, but others rush into these challenges without realising the risks. Their popularity creates panic among parents.

Nowadays, many challenges are circulating on the Internet and Youtube. Challenges can be fun and exhilarating. Doing something that is outside your control or that your friends don't dare to do, it stimulates your adrenaline level. But what if these challenges are dangerous? Or if someone is under pressure from the group? How do you react to someone who carries out dangerous missions to increase his or her audience and popularity on social networks?

Fifteen-year-old Marty had his whole life ahead of him. But now he's dead. All that was left of him was a series of chilling videos he had made shortly before his death. The grieving father puts together fragments of Marty's online life to reveal the circumstances of his tragic end.

The eight-part thriller #martyisdead, inspired by real cases of cyberbullying, won the main prize at the international festival Serial Killer for the best web series in Central and Eastern Europe.

Nowadays, many challenges are circulating on the Internet and Youtube. Challenges can be fun and exhilarating. Doing something that is outside your control or that your friends don't dare to do, it stimulates your adrenaline level. But what if these challenges are dangerous? Or if someone is under pressure from the group? How do you react to someone who carries out dangerous missions to increase his or her audience and popularity on social networks?

Im Folder „Dein Smartphone & der Klimawandel“ finden sich Informationen dazu, wie Digitalisierung und Klimawandel zusammenhängen und was jede/r tun kann, um das Klima zu schützen.

Children and adolescents often act spontaneously by posting something which they later regret, therefore Latvian SIC suggests to use mutual test of 7 questions they can ask themselves before posting photo on social media. Test includes the following questions:

1. Is it a good photo?
2. Do my family, friends or other people who are visible on the photo agree on being posted?
3. Could the photo cause problems to other people?
4. Could the photo cause conflicts for me with others?
5. Am I aware that anyone will see this photo?

GDPR - WHAT? is an online teaching material targeted 3rd-9th grade. It supports teachers in engaging in dialogue with their students about the GDPR and digital self-defense. Through a variety of activities with films, podcasts and group discussions, children and young people are encouraged to think critically about how and where they share their personal data online.
For the younger students, the focus is on understanding what you share when you are online, whereas the older students focus on digital rights in relation the GDPR.

Part four of the series "new media new challenges" takes a closer look at the popular video sharing platform. The new teaching material provides information on critical aspects, such as unrestrained celebrated consumption, the influence of advertising, and problematic role models with regard to political opinion-forming or body images.The use of the material is recommended from class 6 upwards. Additional worksheets are available on www.klicksafe.de.