Various institutions and initiatives qualify speakers for parent work and/or conduct parent evenings themselves. Sorted by federal state, some actors and contact persons are listed below, whom interested parents, schools, kindergartens or speakers themselves can contact:

Further information

  • The Clearing House for Media Competence offers an extensive collection of institutions that are active in media education.
  • In addition, many media centers as well as employees of the police (area "prevention") conduct parents' evenings: The police departments of the individual federal states can be reached via www.polizei.de or via the websites of the respective state criminal investigation departments. An overview of the media centers in Germany can be found on the German education server: www.bildungsserver.de

Baden Württemberg

Aktion Jugendschutz (ajs)
Landesarbeitsstelle Baden-Württemberg
Jahnstr. 12
70597 Stuttgart

Contact person:

Leonie Schollän
Phone: 0711/2373718
Mobile: 0157/52083583
E-mail: schollaen☞ Please insert an @ here ☜ajs-bw☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.ajs-bw.de 

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The ajs, Media Department, arranges and qualifies speakers for media education theme evenings with parents. Qualified specialists work together in the state network for media education work with parents to offer local events for parents and families on dealing with media. The offers are aimed at parents of kindergarten children through to parents of teenagers and cover the entire spectrum of the modern media world. Click on the map to find information on the individual speakers, their main topics, target groups and how to contact them.

Media Office
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Jahnstraße 32
70597 Stuttgart

Contacts:
Katharina Haugwitz and Gabriella Parditka
Media Educator
Tel.: 0711 / 9791-2024
fm-medienkultur@​bo.drs.de

Direct links:

For parent-teacher conferences, seminars, or projects with media education content, we can connect you with presenters specializing in various topics in your region.

The ecumenical team operates on behalf of the Media Office of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The media presenters work full-time in educational fields and thus provide on-site support for the media education activities of both institutions. Key topics covered by the media presenters include:

  • Active media work and workshops
  • Artificial intelligence, robotics, algorithms
  • Apps and mobile media
  • Audio formats (e.g., podcasts and audio dramas)
  • Computer and console games
  • Digital Religious Education
  • Film Projects
  • Media Use Among Youth
  • Media work with seniors
  • General media literacy, e.g., hate speech, fake news, cyberbullying, etc.
  • Children’s Media Use and Media in the Family
  • Social Media
  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Bavaria

Aktion Jugendschutz Landesarbeitsstelle Bayern e.V.
Dom–Pedro–Straße 17
80637 Munich

Contact Person:
Ms. Nataša Eckert

Phone: 089/12157331
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜elterntalk☞ Please insert a dot here ☜net
Website: www.bayern.jugendschutz.de / www.elterntalk.net

A preventive, low-threshold parent education program focused on the educational protection of children and youth.

ELTERNTALK initiates parent discussions on topics such as media, consumerism, sex education, healthy development, and parenting. A host invites other parents to their home for a themed ELTERNTALK session lasting about two hours. The discussion is facilitated by a trained moderator—who is a parent themselves—and addresses current parenting topics: “What can we do? TV and video games are a constant source of conflict in our household…,” “What should we keep in mind when it comes to the internet?,” “At what age does it make sense for my child to have a cell phone?”, “What is important to me when it comes to raising my child?”

At the heart of ELTERNTALK is the dialogic exchange of experiences among parents; they are the experts when it comes to their own lived experiences. This guided exchange of experiences empowers parents in their day-to-day parenting and strengthens their communication networks, while also fostering social life within their respective communities.

ELTERNTALK is aimed at all parents with children up to age 18, particularly those with an intercultural background as well as parents in special and/or challenging life situations. The discussion groups are offered in participants’ native languages as needed, and participation is free of charge.

ELTERNTALK – Programs are available in all administrative districts across Bavaria, in more than 40 regions. You can find contact information for regional representatives at www.elterntalk.net/elterntalk/wo-gibt-es-elterntalk. If you are interested in implementing ELTERNTALK, please contact the Bavaria-wide project management team: info@elterntalk.net.

The ELTERNTALK project is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Affairs and the Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Care, and Prevention.

Goethestraße 17
80336 Munich

Contact: Daniela Riedel
Phone (089)92 00 89-17
E-mail: sesk☞ Please insert an @ here ☜kinderschutzbund-bayern☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de 
Internet: www.kinderschutzbund-bayern.de 

Television, the Internet and cell phones are daily companions for children and young people. More and more parents are observing an increase in their children's media consumption and are asking themselves how they can accompany their children and young people in this area.

The media course "Ways through the media jungle - accompanying children and young people safely in the media world" addresses this question. Over the course of four evenings, parents and educators will gain insights into the opportunities and challenges of television, the Internet, computer games and cell phones, and will receive helpful tips on what rules and limits make sense in media education. The course participants have the opportunity to become aware of their own educational ideas in dealing with various media, to strengthen communication on the topic of new media in the family and to obtain professional information on age-appropriate media use. The aim of the course is to strengthen parents in their media education so that they can prepare their children for responsible media use.

The course is aimed at all parents with children or young people. 

Factary e.V.
Bärenbühlgraben 41
90475 Nuremberg

Contact:
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜factary☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Contact form: https://factary.de/kontakt
Website: https://factary.de

Factary e.V. is a nonprofit organization based in Nuremberg that offers a wide range of media education workshops for schools, educational institutions, and businesses.

The workshops teach participants how to identify trustworthy information, use smartphones responsibly, navigate media safely in everyday life, and make productive use of AI tools. They are offered to school classes of all types and grade levels, as well as in specialized formats for parent-teacher conferences, teacher training sessions, and vocational training programs.

The organization was founded in 2021 by members of the Rotary Club Nürnberg-Neumarkt. The workshops are held in person in the Nuremberg metropolitan region and the surrounding area.

Contacts: Judith Ludwig / Verena Radmanic
Phone: (089) 63 808-232 / -213
Email: referentennetzwerk@stiftung-medienpaedagogik-bayern.de
Website: www.stiftung-medienpaedagogik-bayern.de

Equipping parents with the skills they need for media education—that is the goal of the Bavarian Media Education Speakers’ Network. Bavarian educational institutions such as daycare centers, schools, or family centers can request presenters for free media education parent-teacher meetings at www.stiftung-medienpaedagogik-bayern.de.

The experts, trained by the BLM Foundation for Media Education in Bavaria, provide parents with background knowledge on media education and offer practical tips for everyday parenting. The nonprofit foundation not only covers the speakers’ fees and travel expenses but also supports educational institutions in planning and conducting the parent information sessions. It provides individualized advice on selecting topics and setting priorities, as well as organizational guidance and tips for promoting the events.

Parents’ evenings on the topic of media use in the family are available for the age groups 3 to 6 years old, 6 to 10 years old, and 10 to 14 years old. For the latter two age groups, additional sessions with in-depth information can be selected, for example, on topics such as the internet and smartphones, digital games, fake news, social media, or cyberbullying.

The Bavarian Media Education Advisor Network is a program offered by the BLM Foundation for Media Education in Bavaria and is funded by the Bavarian State Chancellery.

SIN - Studio im Netz e.V.
Haus der Medienbildung
Heiglhofstraße 1
81377 Munich

Contact:
Contacts: Sonja di Vetta, Björn Friedrich

Contact:
Phone: 089/724677-00
Fax: 089/724677-01
Email: sin@sin-net.de
Website: www.sin-net.de

SIN – Studio im Netz is a specialized media education institution in Munich. Since 1996, SIN has been helping people use digital media competently and advocates for self-determined participation in our digitized society. Through its activities, SIN promotes active, creative media work and is dedicated to cultural and political media education.
SIN carries out projects, organizes events, and offers seminars and professional development courses. Speaker engagements are tailored to individual needs; for example, the organization offers school programs for all grade levels and age groups, professional development for educators and teachers, and parent-teacher meetings at schools and childcare centers. The SIN website features a variety of resources for parents and educational professionals.
SIN is recognized as a nonprofit organization and as a provider of independent youth welfare services in accordance with Section 75 of the Child and Youth Welfare Act (KJHG).
SIN’s projects and activities are funded by the Department of Social Affairs/City Youth Welfare Office, the Department of Culture, and the Department of Education and Sports of the City of Munich.

Berlin

About BITS 21 
BITS 21 is a further education institution with a focus on media education and is aimed at educational professionals in daycare centers, schools and youth work.

Sponsored by the Förderverein für Jugend und Sozialarbeit (fjs e. V.), it provides regional and nationwide training for educational professionals and parents to strengthen media and media education skills and supports projects to promote media literacy among children and young people. BITS21 cooperates with regional partners and develops further offers for the management and professionalization of educational institutions.   

BITS 21 im fjs e. V.
Marchlewskistraße 27, 10243 Berlin
Johanna Sprenger, Sarah Lange
Phone: +49 30 278 62 95
Fax: +49 30 279 01 26
E-mail: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜bits21☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.bits21.de  

Implementation and individual support of events on media education and parent education in Berlin
The use of media by children, young people and families has changed rapidly in recent years. Educational institutions are now faced with new challenges in order to be able to competently support families in questions of media education. 

In order to provide you with the best possible support in media education cooperation with parents and families, we offer you the opportunity to request and book a trained parent media trainer to accompany and implement your family education events, team training or children's or youth workshops. 

Click here for more information.

Brandenburg

AKJS Brandenburg e.V.
c/o Haus der Jugend, Schulstraße 9
14482 Potsdam


Contact:
Doctor Sophie Reimers
Phone: 0331-951 3170
E-mail: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜eltern-medien-beratung☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de    
Internet: www.jugendschutz-brandenburg.de

Direct link:

The action child and youth protection Brandenburg registered association. (AKJS) has been offering support in conducting parents' evenings at schools and child and youth welfare facilities since July 2009. The project of the Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg is funded by the state of Brandenburg. The speakers for the parents' events are parent media advisors who have been trained by the AKJS in a variety of media education topics. They impart their knowledge on the subject of media use at parents' evenings and workshops, in online parents' seminars, discussion groups and events at educational and childcare institutions.

The topics of the parents' evenings: 

  • For parents of daycare children: "Media in everyday family life: from when, how much and what?"
  • For parents of elementary school children: "The digital challenge - How we can support our children".
  • For parents of teenagers: "What are you playing? Which apps are in right now and why"

Social Web macht Schule gGmbH
Tharandter Straße 13
01159 Dresden 

Contact person:
Marcel Burghardt 

Phone: 03512130380
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜social-web-macht-schule☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.social-web-macht-schule.de, https://www.instagram.com/socialwebmachtschule and www.facebook.com/socialwebmachtschule

As a non-profit organization, Social Web macht Schule has been working locally and personally throughout Saxony since 2011 to promote a self-determined and responsible approach to digital media, especially social networks and digital games. Our range of services includes workshops for school classes, evening events for parents and training courses for teachers, in which the opportunities and challenges of using the internet are discussed in depth. Always on an equal footing, we advocate understanding and enlightened interaction on the internet - against fake news, cyberbullying and the risk of addiction.

Target group: Children and young people from year 2 to 12, parents, educators, parents

Duration: between 90 minutes and all day

Topics: Cyberbullying, risk of addiction through social networks and digital games, fake news and deep fakes, influencers and fake worlds, data protection and copyright, ChatGPT and AI.

Appointments also possible at short notice. Costs by arrangement.

Bremen

Bremische Landesmedienanstalt, (bre(ma
Richtweg 14
28195 Bremen

Contact:
Phone: 0421/33 49 40
Fax: 0421/323533
E-mail: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜bremische-landesmedienanstalt☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.bremische-landesmedienanstalt.de

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App gezockt - our media education workshop for parents
Mobile phone games such as Candy Crush Saga, Quizduell and Angry Birds are particularly popular with children and young people, and they spend a lot of their free time playing them. Most games are "free-to-play," which means they are free - at least at first glance. However, conflicts often arise in the family: too much, too expensive, too scary! Our workshop explains the possible risks of apps and provides an insight into the gaming world of children and young people. Together, we will try out and evaluate different game apps. Experience for yourself why these games are so much fun and find suitable gaming alternatives for your children. The event is free of charge and can take place with a minimum of 10 participants.

Regional Office Bremen
Parkallee 48
28209 Bremen 

Contact:

Phone: 0421/7926968
E-mail: bremen☞ Please insert an @ here ☜blickwechsel☞ Please insert a dot here ☜org
Internet: www.blickwechsel.org

Direct link:

Media education evenings for parents

What media do children use and how does media "affect" children? What can conscious media use in the family look like? How can we support and encourage children as they grow up in media environments? These and similar questions are the focus of the two-hour information events for parents. After an activating introduction to the topic, a short presentation will provide basic knowledge about media use and the perception and effect of media on children and young people. In an open discussion round, tips for dealing with media in everyday family life are discussed and, for example, guidance is given on suitable programs, websites, computer games and apps. Of course, there will also be time for an exchange of experiences, discussion and questions. Detailed topic requests can of course be discussed with the speakers.

Am Deich 62
28199 Bremen

Contact:
Markus Gerstmann
Tel: 0421 / 33008915
E-Mail: gerstmann☞ Please insert an @ here ☜jugendinfo☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.jugendinfo.de and www.servicebureau.de

Educate yourself, participate, have your say, get active ...

The Service Bureau Youth Information offers parents' evenings on safe use of the Internet for schools in Bremen on behalf of the Bremen State Media Authority. The event is aimed at parents and teachers and can be requested free of charge if at least ten people attend. The event provides factual information about the various dangers on the Internet and discusses strategies for dealing with these dangers. Key topics include social networks, smartphones and cyberbullying. The number of parents' evenings is limited.

In addition, the ServiceBureau Jugendinformation offers lectures for professionals and interested people on topics relevant to media education as well as workshops for young people. For topics that we do not cover, we are happy to refer you to the relevant colleagues.

The ServiceBureau supports young people in their need for information and communication and provides them with a communication forum on topics relevant to young people from everyday life, education and politics at www.jugendinfo.de . The virtual Bremen state youth information system is also aimed at multipliers in youth work and other adult reference persons.

Hamburg

Regional office Hamburg
Wiesendamm 59
22305 Hamburg
Contact: Nina Soppa

Contact
Phone: 0176 62164717
Email: hamburg☞ Please insert an @ here ☜blickwechsel☞ Please insert a dot here ☜org
Homepage: www.blickwechsel.org 


Direct link

Media education evenings for parents

What media do children use and how does media "affect" children? What can conscious media use in the family look like? How can we support and encourage children as they grow up in media environments? These and similar questions are the focus of the two-hour information events for parents. After an activating introduction to the topic, a short presentation will provide basic knowledge about media use and the perception and effect of media on children and young people. In an open discussion round, tips for dealing with media in everyday family life are discussed and, for example, guidance is given on suitable programs, websites, computer games and apps. Of course, there will also be time for an exchange of experiences, discussion and questions. Detailed topic requests can of course be discussed with the speakers.

Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 22
20459 Hamburg

Contact:
Alina Feustel
Consultant for Media Education and Schools
Phone: 040 - 428 54-4708
E-mail: alina.feustel☞ Please insert an @ here ☜datenschutz.hamburg☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: datenschutz-hamburg.de

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) advises Hamburg residents on all data protection issues, supports them in exercising their rights to access information, and helps them enforce their rights. Another task of the HmbBfDI is to educate the public about data protection issues - with a special focus on children and young people.

Through workshops, training courses and information events geared to specific target groups, the HmbBfDI aims to raise awareness among children, young people and their parents/guardians of the need to handle personal data in a data-protection-conscious manner and to educate them about important and current issues of data protection and data security.

The website of the HmbBfDI provides relevant information material on these topics. In addition, schools and (educational) institutions can request workshops (e.g., in the form of a parents' evening) on the topic of data protection competence from the HmbBfDI.

Rathausallee 72-76
22846 Norderstedt

Contact:
Bodil Diederichsen
Head of the Business Development and Media Literacy Division
Phone: 040 - 369 005 22
Fax: 040 - 369 005 55
Email: diederichsen@ma-hsh.de
Website: www.ma-hsh.de

The Media Authority of Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (MA HSH) is responsible for the protection of minors in the media in both of these federal states and also serves as the point of contact for prevention-related issues. In particular, the MA HSH focuses on internet use by children aged three to 14 and emphasizes parental responsibility. The MA HSH is available to assist parents and teachers with questions regarding media education—especially through its magazine scout (www.scout-magazin.de), which you can subscribe to free of charge along with the newsletter. In addition, the MA HSH is actively involved in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in events on this topic and in promoting the media literacy program offered by the media authorities for 3rd and 4th graders, the “Internet ABC.”

Finkenau 35
22081 Hamburg

Contact:
Marlen Lutz
Phone: 040 - 325 99 03 - 60
E-mail: mail☞ Please insert an @ here ☜marlenlutz☞ Please insert a dot here ☜com or m.lutz☞ Please insert an @ here ☜tidenet☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.tidenet.de

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Parent-media guides
What do children do on the Internet? What content do they share on their cell phones? How dangerous are the games they have on their computers? Many parents are at a loss when faced with the new media, with all their dangers and possibilities. Parent media guides help to close these gaps in knowledge. They provide advice at parents' evenings or in consultation hours at schools and guide adults through the virtual jungle.

TIDE trains educators as parent media guides and places them in schools: The graduates of the course conduct media-pedagogical parent evenings there. They give lectures on demand and can organize parent meetings or information events on topics such as games, cell phones or the Internet with beamers, notebooks and information sheets.

Hesse

Wilhelmshöher Allee 262
34131 Kassel

Contact:
Sarah Gumz
Telephone: 0561-93586-0
E-mail: gumz@medienanstalt-hessen.de
Internet: www.medienanstalt-hessen.de

Medienanstalt Hessen is the central supervisory authority for private broadcasting and telemedia in Hesse. It ensures media diversity, freedom of expression and participation and strengthens Hesse as a media location. It licenses private radio and television programmes, monitors broadcasting and telemedia, protects young people and human dignity and takes action against hate, agitation and disinformation.

Medienanstalt Hessen is also dedicated to providing media education and promoting media literacy. To this end, it implements a wide range of media education programs and operates media education centers in Kassel and Offenbach. The measures include projects for children and young people, further training for teachers and educational specialists as well as information evenings for parents. Furthermore, online portals are operated and materials (e.g. for lessons) are developed in order to promote both comprehensive media education knowledge acquisition and individual skills and abilities.

Here you can find the media education offers.

The Media Education Centers North and South are facilities of the Medienanstalt Hessen at the Kassel and Offenbach locations - places of encounter that invite people to learn together. Further training and projects for nurseries and schools, in the field of education or in leisure time are central elements of the educational work. Presence, visibility and relationship work characterize the sustainable media education work. The productions created there range from podcasts to moving image content. These are distributed via livestream and on cable television and made available in the Mediathek Hessen, the forum for media, education and democracy.

Media Education Center North
Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1, 34117 Kassel
Phone: 0561 920 092-0
Email: medienbildungszentrum.nord☞ Please insert an @ here ☜medienanstalt-hessen☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.medienbildungszentrum-nord.de

Media Education Center South
Berliner Straße 175, 63067 Offenbach
Phone: 069 823 691-00
E-mail: medienbildungszentrum.sued☞ Please insert an @ here ☜medienanstalt-hessen☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.medienbildungszentrum-sued.de

Regional Office Giessen
c/o Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Philosophikum 1
Otto-Behaghel-Straße 10, 35394 Giessen
Phone: 0641 9927990

Karl-Glöckner Str. 21 B; R 217
35394 Gießen

Contact:

Phone: 0551/487106
Fax: 0551/487106
Email: hessen☞ Please insert an @ here ☜blickwechsel☞ Please insert a dot here ☜org
Website: www.blickwechsel.org

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Media Education Parent Information Sessions

What media do children use, and how do media “affect” children? What does mindful media use look like within the family? How can we support and encourage children as they grow up in media-rich environments? These and similar questions are the focus of the approximately two-hour informational sessions for parents. After an engaging introduction to the topic, a short presentation covers the basics of media use and the perception and impact of media on children and adolescents. In an open discussion, tips for managing media in everyday family life are shared, and guidance is provided on suitable TV shows, websites, video games, and apps. Of course, time is also set aside for sharing experiences, discussion, and questions. Of course, specific topic requests can be discussed with the presenters.

In addition, Blickwechsel e.V. in Hesse offers parent-only and parent-child programs as part of the Internet-ABC and the Digital Family Talk initiatives.

Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sports                                      
Network against Violence
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 12
65185 Wiesbaden

Phone: 0611/353 - 2182, 2184
Fax: 0611/353 - 2109
E-mail:   Netzwerk-gegen-Gewalt@hmdis.hessen.de

Internet:
www.netzwerk-gegen-gewalt.de

The Network Against Violence is the violence prevention initiative of the Hessian state government and is supported by the Hessian State Chancellery, the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sports, the Hessian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs and the Hessian Ministry of Justice, Integration and Europe.
One of the network's key topics is media literacy. By initiating regional media networks, resources are pooled and needs are served in a targeted manner by the various network partners.

Regional media networks:

medienblau gGmbH
Schillerstr. 73
34117 Kassel

Contact:
Philipp Buchholtz
Phone: (0561) 827 925 0
E-mail: mail☞ Please insert an @ here ☜medienblau☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.medienblau.de

News Caching - Between facts, fakes and filter bubbles.
In News Caching, pupils (from year 8) actively engage with the topics of online journalism, fake news and sources of information on the internet. In the course of the project, students reflect on their own news behavior, learn to check sources, create their own news articles and debunk fake news. News Caching is carried out as a compact face-to-face project (2 days) directly at school. A training unit for teachers is integrated. The implementation is carried out by two experienced trainers from the education agency medienblau.

Direct link to News Caching: www.medienblau.de/newscaching

Webklicker - We click clever! Surfing the net safely.
Webklicker uses a variety of methods to teach pupils (grades 5/6) how to use digital media safely, fairly and creatively. The four topics of communication, entertainment, rights and information are dealt with in a practical and age-appropriate way. An online parents' evening, co-designed by the pupils, involves parents and guardians. Webklicker is carried out as a compact face-to-face project (2 days) directly in the school. An advanced training unit for teachers is integrated. The implementation is carried out by two experienced trainers from the education agency medienblau.

Direct link to Webklicker: www.medienblau.de/webklicker

Menschen und Medien e.V.
Bahnhofstr. 26
36037 Fulda

Telephone: (0661) 90 15 540
E-mail: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜meme-ev☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.meme-ev.de 

The portfolio of Menschen und Medien e.V. includes media education projects, further education, training courses, lectures and other educational offers that are geared towards different and individual goals, framework conditions and target groups. The spectrum ranges from creative work with various media such as film, photo and audio to projects for self-reflective and socially acceptable media use to further training for educational professionals or inclusive media education offers. Currently, the use and application of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets as well as dealing with developments such as artificial intelligence play an important role. In addition, phenomena such as hate speech, disinformation and fake news have been added to civic education and complement the existing offerings. Menschen und Medien e.V. supports educational institutions in the creation of media concepts. In addition to ready-made concepts for schools and educational institutions, individualized projects, training courses or specialist days for institutions, companies and educational institutions are also possible.

The association currently offers the following for the Hessen Media Authority:

Further information: https://www.meme-ev.de/projekte

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Bleicherufer 1
19053 Schwerin

Contact
René Dettmann
Tel.: 0385 558 81 14
E-mail: r.dettmann☞ Please insert an @ here ☜medienanstalt-mv☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.medienanstalt-mv.de

Medienanstalt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MMV) promotes a wide range of media education and media literacy projects, educational events, specialist conferences, publications and project weeks. It also runs the open channels in Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Greifswald and Malchin. The open channels (OCs) are citizen broadcasters and media education centers. In cooperation with them, projects can be developed and carried out in practice to learn and train media skills in a variety of ways. The production and broadcasting facilities can be used free of charge for this purpose. 

Close cooperation partners in many projects are the M-V State Office of Criminal Investigation and the M-V State Office of Data Protection, for example in the "Medienscouts MV" project, in which young people are trained for peer-to-peer projects. Medienanstalt M-V is also a partner in the statewide network Medienaktiv M-V. This advises politicians and the media industry on shaping the media landscape in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, effectively picks up on current developments in the media and encourages joint action. The focus is on promoting media competence and protecting the media for children, young people, adults and senior citizens. Medienaktiv M-V helps to find partners for new and existing projects, offers and ideas as well as for a joint public appearance.

Direct links:

State Coordination Office for Addiction Issues MV
Lübecker Str. 24 a
19053 Schwerin

Contact:
Birgit Grämke
Tel.: 0385/7851561
graemke☞ Please insert an @ here ☜lakost-mv☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
www.lakost-mv.de
www.medienwissen-mv.de


Direct link: http://www.medienwissen-mv.de/praevention/angebote-der-lakost-mv.html

We offer

  • In-school continuing education for teachers
  • Supportive individual and team consultation for planning and implementation  of teaching plans and  projects
  • Parents' evenings
  • Further training for educators
  • Training for youth social workers and other multipliers

Media are fundamentally changing communication at school, at work and in our free time. Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype... offer adolescents a new space in which they can exchange ideas, just like in the schoolyard or in their free time. Here they find new contacts, maintain their friendships or organize dates.

The various network operators offer their members a wide range of functions for this purpose, in particular to enable the uncomplicated and simple exchange of information with messages, photos or videos.  Everything is connected to the smartphone. These options have become a matter of course for children and young people. In addition to an  insight into the media world of children and young people, it is also about action strategies in the family, school or youth facilities.

Topics can be:       

  • How much media does a child need?  (TV, advertising, Internet, smartphone)
  • Smartphone, apps & Cyberbullying
  • Always ON - contemporary or dangerous?
  • The media as a secret seducer?
  • Between friendships, sex and beauty craze

Lower Saxony

Seelhorststraße 18
30175 Hannover

Contact:
Lorenz Preuß
Media Competence Officer

Contact:
Phone: 0511 28477-0
Fax: 0511 28477-36
E-mail: preuss☞ Please insert an @ here ☜nlm☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de  
Internet: www.nlm.de/medienkompetenz

The Lower Saxony State Media Authority (NLM) promotes the development and strengthening of media competence in almost all areas of education. It provides media education services for schools, for extracurricular youth work, for adult education and for early childhood education. The focus is on the qualification of teachers, educators and pedagogical staff of extracurricular institutions. For the promotion of practical media work, the state media authority has set up six multimedia mobile decentralized in the state. In addition, the NLM supports the 15 citizens' broadcasters and, in association with other state media authorities, is the sponsor of the self-help platform "juuuport.de". In the Media Competence Network, the NLM cooperates with the responsible ministries, state institutions and associations in Lower Saxony.

State Office for Youth Protection Lower Saxony
Leisewitzstraße 26
30175 Hannover

Contact person:
Eva Hanel

Contact:
Phone: 0511/858788 or 0511/853061
E-mail: Eva.Hanel☞ Please insert an @ here ☜jugendschutz-niedersachsen☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: https://www.jugendschutz-niedersachsen.de/elmet

Direct link:

In Lower Saxony, 250 parent media trainers have been trained and certified by the Lower Saxony Youth Protection Agency to support mothers and fathers with media education in parenting courses. The parent media trainers provide information on the various media content (television, internet, computer games and smartphones), their significance for children and young people and the possible effects on boys and girls. They are just as familiar with the legal foundations and institutions for the protection of minors from harmful media as they are with current impact research studies and media education approaches.

Hagenweg 2a,
37081 Göttingen

Contact:

Phone: 0551/487106
E-mail: blickwechsel☞ Please insert an @ here ☜blickwechsel☞ Please insert a dot here ☜org
Internet: www.blickwechsel.org  

Direct link:

Media education evenings for parents

What media do children use and how does media "affect" children? What can conscious media use in the family look like? How can we support and encourage children as they grow up in media environments? These and similar questions are the focus of the two-hour information events for parents. After an activating introduction to the topic, a short presentation will provide basic knowledge about media use and the perception and effect of media on children and young people. In an open discussion round, tips for dealing with media in everyday family life are discussed and, for example, guidance is given on suitable programs, websites, computer games and apps. Of course, there will also be time for an exchange of experiences, discussion and questions. Detailed topic requests can of course be discussed with the speakers.

Schwarzer Bär 1
30449 Hanover

Contact:
Phone: 0511 /165 97 848-0
Fax: 0511 /165 97 848-9
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜smiley-ev☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.smiley-ev.de

smiley e.V. aims to teach children and young people how to use smartphones and social media and to promote courageous behavior on the Internet. To achieve this, the association supports schools and extracurricular child and youth education institutions in teaching media skills with regard to social networks. smiley e.V. offers events for parents, conducts training courses for teachers and all multipliers in child and youth work and visits over 1,100 school classes every year. In addition, the podcast "Was mit Medien(-Erziehung)" can be found at www.smiley-ev.de/podcast, which is funded by Aktion Mensch and aims to provide parents and professionals with suggestions for contemporary media education.

North Rhine-Westphalia

Landesanstalt für Medien NRW - Eltern und Medien
Zollhof 2
40221 Düsseldorf
Internet: www.medienanstalt-nrw.de

Project office:
Anne Müller (Project Management)
Birgit Pietschmann (Project Office)
Phone: 0211-77007-140
Fax: 0211-77007-335
elternundmedien☞ Please insert an @ here ☜medienanstalt-nrw☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de

Direct link: www.elternundmedien.de

The Parents and Media service supports kindergartens and daycare centers, schools and family centers, as well as parents' associations and other initiatives in North Rhine-Westphalia in planning and organizing information events for parents on issues of media use and education. We provide speakers free of charge for this purpose. In addition to the on-site events , online parents' evenings on parents and media can also be booked.

The offer includes:

  • Procurement of qualified speakers
  • Assumption of the fee costs
  • Provision of information materials
  • Individual advice on choosing topics and setting priorities
  • Support in the design of invitations
  • Tips for local press work

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendschutz (AJS) NRW e.V.
Poststr. 15-23
50676 Köln
Internet: www.ajs.nrw

Contact partners:

Team Elterntalk NRW
Susanne Philipp, Anke Lehmann
Phone: 0221-921392-26
E-mail: team☞ Please insert an @ here ☜elterntalk-nrw☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de

→ Direct link: www.elterntalk-nrw.de 

Eltern-Medien-Jugendschutz:
Susanne Philipp, Matthias Felling
Phone: 0221-921392-14
E-mail: philipp☞ Please insert an @ here ☜ajs☞ Please insert a dot here ☜nrw

Direct link: https://ajs.nrw/medien/emju

Elterntalk NRW - these are discussion groups for mothers and fathers on parenting issues. A host invites up to eight other parents to his or her home. A moderator, who is himself or herself a parent, accompanies the talk. Parents' Talk is not a lecture - it is an exchange. Parents are experts in their own right, they bring their own experiences and knowledge with them.

To bring Elterntalk NRW to the regions, AJS works with local partners. These can be, for example, the youth welfare office, a welfare association, a family education center or independent organizations.

The project in NRW is coordinated by AJS. The Parents' Talk team develops methods for starting talks on the respective topics and offers training and specialist events for the partners.

Parents Media Youth Protection / Specialist for Parents Media Education
The core of the program is a six-day training course that qualifies multipliers to design and conduct media education events for parents in schools, kindergartens, family centers and other educational institutions. After completion of the measure, the participants are supported, informed and further qualified by the state-wide network Eltern-Medien-Jugendschutz. Upon request, AJS NRW will be happy to assist in finding instructors in the field of media education for parents.

Rhineland-Palatinate

Consumer advice center Rhineland-Palatinate registered association
Seppel-Glückert-Passage 10
55116 Mainz

Contact person:

Benjamin Marth: 06131/2848224

E-mail: Bildung-digitales☞ Please insert an @ here ☜vz-rlp☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de

Direct link: https://www.verbraucherzentrale-rlp.de/bildung-rlp

Risks in the net, handling media or data and account security: Teachers cannot be Expert:innen in all topics. That's why the Rhineland-Palatinate Consumer Center offers workshops to help children and young people learn how to use digital technology and media. Specially trained instructors visit a class for two hours and discuss selected aspects of consumer protection from the overall program of basic digital education and media use in an age-appropriate and practical manner. The workshops are individually tailored to local needs and are free of charge for schools.

In daycare theme evenings for parents or teams, the speakers also provide information on consumer protection for young and old. The focus is on cost traps and usage risks in offers for children; the theme evenings are free of charge for the daycare centers.

The tandem workshops "Learning differently together" are a special feature. Accompanied by media education professionals, parents and children work together to find solutions to typical family disputes about media use. The workshops can be booked by schools for groups and are free of charge for participants.

Rhineland-Palatinate State Institute for Education
Butenschönstr. 2
67346 Speyer

Contacts:

Julia Schuhmacher: 0671 9701-1652
Katina Hahn: 0261 / 9702 - 357

Email: eltern.medienkompetenz☞ Please insert an @ here ☜pl.rlp☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Website: https://bildung.rlp.de/starkimnetz-eltern/elternabende/antragstellung

The “Stark im Netz – Parents” team at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Institute of Education aims to support parents as part of the shared responsibility for promoting media literacy among their children and adolescents.

To this end, each school is given the opportunity once a calendar year to receive reimbursement of up to €300.00 for the fees of speakers at a media education parents’ evening. This requires the submission of an application and subsequent approval by the Rhineland-Palatinate State Institute of Education.

In consultation with local school administrators, parent councils, school support associations, school social workers, school administrators, and teachers at all schools in Rhineland-Palatinate are eligible to apply for a parent evening.

  • If needed, speakers on topics related to growing up with media will be provided. Specific focus areas may be indicated.
  • The application may also specify that speakers have already been found and that only the costs need to be covered.

This program is supplemented by regular online parent information sessions.

Saarland

Saarland State Media Authority
Nell-Breuning-Allee 6
66115 Saarbrücken 

Contact:
Karin Bickelmann (Head of Department Media Competence)
Phone: 0681/38988-12
Fax: 0681/38988-20
E-mail: mkz☞ Please insert an @ here ☜LMSaar☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.mkz.LMSaar.de
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mkz.LMSaar 

The MediaCompetenceCenter of the Saarland State Media Authority offers parents information evenings on the topic of media competence. Under the motto "Know how! - Elternabend Medienkompetenz" (Media Competence Parents' Evening), the event can also be held at other locations or institutions or facilities on request. The LMS also arranges speakers for project days, workshops, information events, etc. on the topic of media competence. On request, the content can be adapted to the respective needs and target groups. Interested parties with previous educational training are trained by the LMS at regular intervals to become multipliers.

Saxony

Kraftwerk Mitte 3
01067 Dresden

Contact persons:
Janet Torres Lupp, Kirsten Mascher, Anke Dana Tretter
Phone: 0351 21296865
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜ksm-sachsen☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.medienbildung.sachsen.de

The Saxony Media Education Coordination Office (KSM) is the central point of contact for extracurricular media education in Saxony. It networks media education stakeholders, makes offers visible and advises the Saxon population in an increasingly digitalized world.

The KSM provides up-to-date information on media education topics, events and funding programs via its online portal. It also organizes regular networking meetings, working groups and an annual symposium to promote exchange between stakeholders. In addition, the KSM provides a comprehensive overview of target group-specific offers from media education experts, initiatives, institutions, associations and projects in Saxony.

The KSM is committed to strengthening media literacy as a key qualification in all areas of society and age groups. It advises on media education issues and supports initiatives for the further development of extracurricular media education on site.

Do you have any questions or would you like advice? 

The KSM team is available by telephone from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. Outside of these hours, you can also contact us by email or via social media. The KSM is happy to help you.

Medienkulturzentrum Dresden e.V.
Kraftwerk Mitte 3
01067 Dresden

Contact persons:

Maria Mohrholz & Nadja Gottschalk
Fachstelle Medienpädagogik Dresden
Phone: 0351/21296850
Email: fachstelle☞ Please insert an @ here ☜medienkulturzentrum☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de

They currently offer training on the following topics:

  • Educational justice
  • Democratic competence on the net
  • Social media as part of young people's lives Lifeworld
  • Digital sexualized violence
  • Accompanying young people on the topic of sexting
  • Sexual media education
  • Media law
  • Gender-sensitive media education
  • Digital self-defense online
  • Digital maturity/self-empowerment online
  • Gaming fascinates
  • No power to hate! How we can counter hate speech & Recognizing fake news.

Social Web macht Schule gGmbH
Tharandter Straße 13
01159 Dresden 

Contact person:
Marcel Burghardt 

Phone: 03512130380
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ here ☜social-web-macht-schule☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.social-web-macht-schule.de, https://www.instagram.com/socialwebmachtschule and www.facebook.com/socialwebmachtschule

As a non-profit organization, Social Web macht Schule has been working locally and personally throughout Saxony since 2011 to promote a self-determined and responsible approach to digital media, especially social networks and digital games. Our range of services includes workshops for school classes, evening events for parents and training courses for teachers, in which the opportunities and challenges of using the internet are discussed in depth. Always on an equal footing, we advocate understanding and enlightened interaction on the internet - against fake news, cyberbullying and the risk of addiction.

Target group: Children and young people from year 2 to 12, parents, educators, parents

Duration: between 90 minutes and all day

Topics: Cyberbullying, risk of addiction through social networks and digital games, fake news and deep fakes, influencers and fake worlds, data protection and copyright, ChatGPT and AI.

Appointments also possible at short notice. Costs by arrangement.

Saxony-Anhalt

Reichardtstraße 8/9
06114 Halle (Saale)

Contact:

Matthias Schmidt
Head of Media Literacy Education
Phone: 0345 - 5213100
E-mail: schmidt@medienanstalt-sachsen-anhalt.de
Internet: https://medienanstalt-sachsen-anhalt.de

The Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority is the central point of contact for media literacy issues in Saxony-Anhalt. Competent handling of media and orientation in a dynamically developing media world are considered key skills in everyday and working life today - regardless of age, gender and educational background. The Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority operates its own media competence center in Halle (Saale) for this purpose. Every year, 250 seminars are held here, the content of which ranges from knowledge transfer on current issues of digital transformation to the practical application of digital media and the independent production of media content.

The Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority also provides three mobile media education units. The media mobiles can be requested free of charge from the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority for media education projects, parents' evenings, teacher and multiplier training. The speakers from the media authority coordinate the offers individually with representatives of interested schools, daycare centers and youth recreational facilities and thus respond to local needs.

Teachers at primary and special schools in Saxony-Anhalt have the opportunity to participate in the Saxony-Anhalt Internet ABC Schools project. The joint project of the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority, the Ministry of Education and the Saxony-Anhalt State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Training (LISA) is based on the ad-free platform www.internet-abc.de. Children, parents and teachers are addressed equally. The aim of the initiative is to teach age-appropriate skills for safe and responsible use of the Internet.

Reichardtstraße 9
06114 Halle(Saale)

Contact:
Alexander Karpilowski
Project Manager Network Office Media Competence Saxony-Anhalt
Phone: 0345 - 5255136
Email: kontakt@medien-kompetenz-netzwerk.de  
Internet: www.medien-kompetenz-netzwerk.de 
Social Media: 
www.x.com/NetzwerkMK
bildung.social/@netzwerkmk

Saxony-Anhalt has a broad media education landscape with numerous stakeholders and initiatives. The "Saxony-Anhalt Media Competence Network" advice, networking and coordination center helps to network existing players and activities in a profitable and sustainable way and to provide impetus for media education in the state. The network also acts as a point of contact for all interested parties for media education issues in the state; for example, it helps with the placement of speakers, the realization of media projects and advice on funding opportunities for media education projects. The tasks of the "Network Media Competence Saxony-Anhalt" and the media education atlas of Saxony-Anhalt can be found on the website of the network portal at www.medien-kompetenz-netzwerk.de.

The project is funded by the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority and the state government of Saxony-Anhalt.

Schleswig-Holstein

Hamburg Regional Office
Wiesendamm 59
22305 Hamburg
Contact person: Nina Soppa

Contact
Phone: 0176 62164717
Email: hamburg@blickwechsel.org
Website: www.blickwechsel.org

Direct link

Media Education Parent Workshops

What media do children use, and how do media “affect” children? What does mindful media use look like within a family? How can we support and encourage children as they grow up in media-rich environments? These and similar questions are the focus of these approximately two-hour informational sessions for parents. After an engaging introduction to the topic, a short presentation covers the basics of media use and the perception and impact of media on children and adolescents. In an open discussion, tips for managing media in everyday family life are shared, and guidance is provided on suitable TV shows, websites, video games, and apps. Of course, time is also set aside for sharing experiences, discussion, and questions. Of course, specific topic requests can be discussed with the presenters.

Rathausallee 72-76
22846 Norderstedt

Contact:
Bodil Diederichsen
Head of the Business Development and Media Literacy Division
Phone: 040 - 369 005 22
Fax: 040 - 369 005 55
Email: diederichsen@ma-hsh.de
Website: www.ma-hsh.de

The Media Authority of Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (MA HSH) is responsible for the protection of minors in the media in both of these federal states and also serves as the point of contact for prevention-related issues. In particular, the MA HSH focuses on internet use by children aged three to 14 and emphasizes parental responsibility. The MA HSH supports parents and teachers with questions regarding media education—especially through its magazine scout (www.scout-magazin.de), which you can subscribe to for free along with the newsletter. In addition, the MA HSH is actively involved in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in events on this topic and in promoting the media literacy program offered by the media authorities for 3rd and 4th graders, the “Internet ABC.”

Open Channel Schleswig-Holstein (OKSH)
Hamburger Chaussee 36
24113 Kiel

Contact:
Holger Jentsch
Telephone: 0431/6400416
E-Mail: medienarbeit☞ Please insert an @ here ☜oksh☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.oksh.de

Eltern-Medien-Lotsen
The open channel Schleswig-Holstein (OKSH) trains already pedagogically active ones to ?parents MedienLotsen? (EML), which report with parents meetings in the mechanisms KiTa, after-school care and school (class 1-8) to Games cell phones Internet - young medium world competently experience ? The thematic focus of the evening is coordinated individually with the coordination office and the speakers.

Are you a parent, teacher, school social worker, educator, or do you have any other connection to daycare centers, after-school care centers, and schools and would like to hold a parents' evening at your facility? The ElternMedienLots*innen will be happy to come to your facility. The evenings are free of charge. In individual cases, travel costs may be incurred. Please contact the OC Schleswig Holstein at medienarbeit☞ Please insert an @ here ☜oksh☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de.

The implementation of the parents' evenings as well as the further training for ElternMedienLots*in can be guaranteed by the support of the Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Youth, Family and Senior Citizens as well as the cooperation with the IQSH, the ULD and the AKJS.

In addition, the OKSH hasfurther offers for parents on offer:

Thuringia

Steigerstrasse 10
99096 Erfurt

Contact person:

Dr. Martin Ritter
Phone: 0361 211 77 50
Fax: 0361 2117755
E-mail: m.ritter☞ Please insert an @ here ☜tlm☞ Please insert a dot here ☜de
Internet: www.tlm.de

Direct links: https://www.tlm.de/medienbildung/elternarbeit and https://www.tlm.de/medienbildung/fortbildungen 

The Thuringian State Media Authority (TLM) initiates, supports and is itself involved in various projects that focus on action-oriented media work with children and young people. It works closely with Thuringia's community radio stations and operates its own media education center with locations in Erfurt and Gera. It also supports projects that help parents, teachers, educators and other multipliers to accompany children and young people on their way into the media society.

The following media education services are available:

  • Media education advice for parents, grandparents and educators "Familie ahoi! - With the compass through the new (media) world!"
  • Media education qualification seminars for Thuringian teachers "Apps in the school".
  • Media education qualification seminars for Thuringian teachers "Programming in elementary school with the Calliope mini".
  • Media education qualification seminars for Thuringian teachers "Video work in elementary school".

Brühler Str. 52
99084 Erfurt

Contact person
Erika Bartsch
Phone: 0361 / 22 18 113
E-mail: erika.bartsch☞ Please insert an @ here ☜mitmedien☞ Please insert a dot here ☜net
Internet: www.mitmedien.net

Mit Medien e.V., formerly Landesfilmdienst Thüringen e.V., is a socio-cultural institution for youth and adult education, information and further education as well as leisure activities. The aim of Mit Medien e.V. is to enable all people to use media in a self-determined, competent and reflective way. In addition to the regular offers in the media laboratory in Erfurt, Mit Medien e.V. offers various media education projects that operate throughout Thuringia:

FLIP - ITS YOUR TURN supports children and young people in realizing their own media projects. From finding a topic to the finished film, podcast or social media channel - the participants are the decision-makers! Further information at: https://mitmedien.net/flip

FOKUS DIGITAL advises professionals and child and youth welfare institutions in Thuringia on all questions and topics relating to digitality. The services include training, advice, long-term support and a pool of materials on the website. Further information can be found at: https://mitmedien.net/fokus-digital

MEiFA - Media Worlds in the Family focuses on media education for the whole family. Dialogue about media between the generations is encouraged in family workshops, parents' evenings and school parents' evenings. In interactive information formats, adults are given an insight into the media worlds of children and young people and all family members are made fit for a safe and conscious use of media. Further information can be found at: https://mitmedien.net/meifa

All other offers and projects can be found on the website of Mit Medien e.V.