AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
AI, Environment & Society
Information, Media & Power
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An unplugged educational activity in which students train a simulated AI-based recruitment filter using training data, identify patterns, apply these patterns to new applications, evaluate the resulting decisions and critically discuss whether the criteria used by the AI are appropriate.
▤ classroom exercise◷ 45–60 min◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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A global research report analysing internet freedom in 72 countries, with a focus on censorship, online information manipulation, surveillance, digital repression, freedom of expression, privacy, artificial intelligence and the future of online civic participation. The report includes country assessments, global rankings, methodology and policy recommendations.
▤ country assessment◷ 5-120 minutes◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
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A worksheet with four tasks in which students review key AI terms, judge statements as true or false, and distinguish real AI applications from ones that don’t yet exist. They then research a specific example and create a profile sheet to present to classmates.
▤ classroom activity◷ 15–45 min◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
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A worksheet for students that presents a fictional 2062 newspaper article describing the functions of intelligent household robots and asks learners to evaluate them. The goal is to help students critically reflect on the use of such robots from an ethical perspective.
▤ Educational exercise◷ 15–45 min◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
Youth Safeguarding
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A UNICEF policy brief examining the child-rights risks and harms associated with AI chatbots and AI companions, including emotional reliance, misleading advice, manipulation, privacy, safety, age assurance and inadequate safeguards.
▤ policy brief◷ 45–90 min◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
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An article proposing an eight-phase writing model that balances independent writing with supportive AI use. It explores how AI can scaffold drafting and revision without replacing students’ own thinking and discusses classroom examples that keep authorship and critical judgement central.
▤ classroom activity◷ Multi-session◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
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The detailed description on p. 57 expands the above method with concrete instructions and materials, emphasizing student participation and critical discussion of AI’s limits and possible misuse. A two-lesson (2×50 minutes, expandable to a project half-day) unit for 14–19 year-olds that uses self-reflection, group work, and discussion to explore how democracy might evolve by 2040. […]
▤ classroom methodology collection◷ 5-120 minutes◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
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This text explains to students the phenomenon of algorithmic bias and how faulty training data can lead AI systems to produce discriminatory outcomes. It is part of the “KI in meinem Alltag” school material package and links to related interviews and infographics on the same topic.
▤ classroom resource◷ 45–60 min◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
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This text discusses the advantages and disadvantages of AI’s growing spread for society and everyday life, while highlighting the design choices available in AI development. Intended as classroom material, it links to related exercises and texts on household robots, bias, and application filters within the same material package.
▤ classroom resource◷ 45-90 minutes◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
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Seminar plan for participants aged 16+ that introduces AI’s functioning and socio‑ethical challenges. It helps young people assess where conversational AI can be beneficial and where it risks reinforcing bias, manipulation, or dependency, encouraging critical and reflective use.
▤ educational activity◷ 1 day◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
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Article describing how digital tools and models can make seminars more accessible, for example by supporting diverse learning needs, offering alternative formats, and using technology to reduce barriers without undermining critical engagement. It introduces the concept of “Diklusion” (the combination of digital media and inclusion) and presents a five-level model covering individual support, personalised learning, […]
▤ educational article◷ 30-60 min◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
AI, Environment & Society
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A comic essay that narratively explores AI and sustainability, showing how data-intensive technologies intersect with environmental concerns and inviting readers to think critically about technologically mediated futures.
▤ Comic essay◷ 30-60 min◎ German
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