School start 2024Start the new school year media literate!

The new school year has already started in some federal states. In others, it will start soon. klicksafe offers an overview of materials that teachers can use to bring media literacy into the classroom. This includes three brand-new publications on age-appropriate and safe media use, protection against digital sexual violence and how to deal confidently with fakes, scams and cybercrime.

Back to School: New materials from klicksafe for the start of school in 2024

Welcome to the new school year! By the time they enter Year 5 at the latest, most children have their own smartphone in their hands. Unlimited distraction through gaming apps, messengers and social media, but also disturbing content and cyberbullying - all of this is part of everyday life in schools today.

klicksafe is supporting parents and teachers with new advice and teaching materials for the 2024 school year. klicksafe is publishing the following new materials for primary and secondary schools for the new school year.

Elementary school

  • The new leaflet "Media-safe at school" offers parents of primary school children practical tips and advice on how to ensure their children's media consumption is age-appropriate and safe. Frequently asked questions from parents are answered in a compact format. The leaflet is also available in Turkish, Arabic and Russian.

Secondary schools

  • The new handout "Cybergrooming - sexual violence on the internet" contains working materials for schools and youth work that provide comprehensive information on the topic. The aim is to enable young people to recognize cybergrooming, formulate their own boundaries and defend themselves against digital sexual violence. 
  •  The new educational card game "Are you safe?" was developed in collaboration with the Rhineland-Palatinate consumer advice center. It contains questions on the topics of online shopping, cybercrime, apps, games and social media.

Proven materials for use in schools

Through the year with klicksafe

"Through the year with klicksafe - 12 units of media education for elementary school" offers a guide that teachers can integrate into their school year planning. The units and four additional projects enable age-appropriate design of media education lessons for grades 2 to 6. All units are clearly structured and can be implemented quickly so that you can plan your lessons efficiently. The concept was developed in collaboration with the klicksafe Children's Panel, a focus group of pupils aged 7 to 11.

Our rules for the class chat

Class chats are created at the beginning of the school year in particular. From a data protection perspective, they are problematic, especially if unsafe services are used. Or messengers that are not yet permitted for children. It is important to define common rules for use in the classroom as early as possible. A lack of netiquette and a lack of time or topic limits often lead to cyberbullying or stress in class chat groups and have a negative impact on the class atmosphere. klicksafe offers a teaching unit that teachers can use to support their pupils in dealing with class chats. The class can record the jointly developed rules on the klicksafe poster and then hang them up in the classroom.

Artificial intelligence in the classroom

The klicksafe material "How reliable is ChatGPT?" provides educational professionals with an overview of ChatGPT and the challenges that can arise when using chatbots. Five teaching examples will give you ideas on how to use AI-based chatbots in the classroom and discuss them with children and young people.

In the klicksafe expert talk on "ChatGPT & Co. - AI in education" , pedagogue and educational scientist Nele Hirsch explains why children and young people should be introduced to the topic of AI at an early stage and how the risks of AI-based tools can be countered pedagogically.

Strengthen well-being through Digital Detox

The smartphone generation is feeling increasingly burnt out. With the Digital Detox Box, young people learn to evaluate their own usage behavior, use digital devices more consciously and think about digital well-being. The methods are designed for use in school lessons and for extracurricular youth work. They are well suited for spontaneous use in substitute lessons.

We also offer a poster to fill out yourself to go with the "Digital Wellbeing" method card from the Digital Detox Box. With "Our tips for digital wellbeing", you can collect strategies together with the students to cope with digital stress.

The digital detox challenge #AUSzeit extends over a total period ofseven weeks. Each week will focus on a different aspect of digital detox with the help of small exercises. Participants can learn more about themselves and their own media use. The aim of the exercises is not to generally do without digital media such as smartphones and the like. With the help of the challenge, participants can (more) consciously deal with their own media use in order to check their inner balance and strengthen their digital well-being.

Fit in social media - flyers and quizzes for young people

TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram are among the most popular services for young people in Germany. To navigate safely on these platforms, you need some background knowledge. Which settings are important? What do I do if someone harasses me? Can I report illegal content? With our flyers and quizzes, young people can check how well they know about TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.

Further materials for educational practice

The materials presented above are just a small selection. In our subject areas "Media education in elementary school" and "Media education in secondary schools" at  you will find many more materials to help you teach the safe use of media in the classroom.

You can also download the klicksafe compilation "Medienkompetent in allen Klassenstufen" for all school types and grades on various topics here.

Or browse through our material overview. If you are specifically looking for publications for the classroom, please set the filter in the material overview in the "Target group" tab to "Teachers".