Goals
1) To strengthen students’ media literacy by helping them recognise fake news, misinformation, filter bubbles, and manipulated digital content through interactive and hands-on activities.
2) To promote peer-to-peer learning by enabling older students to design and lead workshops that teach younger learners how to critically evaluate information and media sources.
3) To develop transferable skills such as project management, teamwork, communication, and presentation skills through the planning, organisation, and implementation of student-led workshops and activities.

Target group and educational context
The practice was designed for lower secondary students (mainly Grade 8 students aged 13–15) and implemented in the context of project-based learning and media literacy education. Upper secondary students in a P-Seminar (Project seminar in Bavarian grammar schools for Year 11) worked intensively on the topic of fake news and became peer educators for younger students. While preparing and later leading workshops, they developed project management skills such as planning milestones, defining project goals, organising tasks, and presenting information effectively. In a later phase, similar activities were also carried out in English together with Korean exchange students, promoting intercultural communication and collaboration.

How to implement
1) Introduce the P-Seminar students to the basics of project management, including defining project goals, planning milestones, organising tasks, and working collaboratively in teams.
2) Provide students with background knowledge about fake news, misinformation, disinformation, filter bubbles, and fact-checking through lessons, independent research, participation in online seminars (e.g. by Bayerischer Rundfunk or online or live (teacher) training session on fake news and media literacy.
3) Let students choose their own small working groups and let them focus on different aspects of media manipulation and digital literacy.
4) Support the groups in developing their own workshop materials and interactive learning activities for younger students.
5) Encourage creative and practical formats such as Kahoot quizzes, matching games, explainity videos, fact-checking exercises, role-play scenarios, and interactive discussions. (One group, for example, created and spread a realistic fake news story within the school in order to demonstrate how easily misinformation can be believed and shared.)
6) Allow students to independently plan, organise, and rehearse their workshop sessions while strengthening teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.
7) Organise a 90-minute peer-to-peer workshop for Grade 8 students, for example during the "Alltagskompetenztage" (Life Skills Project Days), in which the P-Seminar students guide younger learners through the activities and discussions.
8) Reflect together on how easily manipulated information spreads, how digital media can influence opinions, and why critical thinking and responsible media consumption are essential in today’s digital world.
9) If possible: Have the students adapt and present similar workshop activities in English together with exchange students, adding an intercultural and international dimension to the project (we were able to host a fake news workshop for Korean exchange students at our school - a great experience)

Why it is inspiring
The practice is highly engaging because students become active creators instead of passive learners. By designing their own workshops and activities, they not only deepen their understanding of fake news and media manipulation but also develop important transferable skills such as teamwork, project management, communication, and presentation techniques. Interactive elements such as Kahoot quizzes, fact-checking exercises, videos, matching games, and realistic fake news scenarios help younger students understand the topic in a memorable and motivating way. The international exchange component additionally strengthened English communication skills and highlighted that misinformation is a global challenge.