Escape Room “Hacked!”

Escape Room “Hacked!”

#DigitalLiteracy #FutureSkills

Escape Room Hacked! Free yourself from the clutches of hackers and your digital behavior.

Young people in Switzerland spend an average of 4.5 hours a day on the internet. Data, artificial intelligence and algorithms therefore characterise their everyday lives. Critical thinking and digital skills are therefore essential as ‘future skills’ for young people so that they can assess the consequences of their actions.

In “Escape Room Hacked!” the pupils solve puzzles on various topics (the potential of AI/ data protection/ cyberbullying/ critical thinking).
With the help of these puzzles the pupils take a closer look at their own online behaviour.
The complex topics are presented in a playful way through the perspective of art. The participants discover the gaps in the system and ask themselves the following questions: What are algorithmic decisions based on and how do we remain self-determined? In this way, WE ARE AIA makes an important contribution to young people’s media skills. A topic that is only partially addressed in the current curriculum.

In an ‘open access format’, we offer further information and follow-up suggestions on the topic and advise teachers on the content listed.

The workshop will be run by media expert and computer scientist Marc Pfändler and art mediator Alexandra Eichenauer.

Target groups: Secondary school classes / vocational preparation year / secondary school / vocational (technical) schools in the Canton of Zurich and neighbouring cantons.

The offer is referenced in the éducation21 educational activity catalog: https://education21.ch/de/bildungsaktivitaet/escape-room-hacked

Contact: alexandra@weareaia.art
Organisation: All year round (by arrangement)
Duration: Half day / 3 h including break.
Price: CHF 300 per workshop (max. 2 classes)

Thanks to Intersections for the collaboration, the Manawa Foundation for the financial support and the data protection officers of the canton of Zurich for their valuable advisory role!

Image Credit: Simon Weckert, Google Maps Hack, Berlin, 2020