📡 DIGITAL DETECTIVES — THE COLLECTORS

Digital safety that feels like an escape room, not a test.

An interactive digital resilience lesson for ages 11-12

Students take on the role of Digital Detective and work together to stop an online gang — The Collectors — who hunt for children's personal data. No bare multiple-choice questions, but 22 different missions: from investigating a suspicious profile to deciding within 60 seconds which message to forward and which to delete.

missions

45-60

minutes

group 8

11-12 years

Below you can play three real missions from the full game — exactly as a student experiences them. No account needed.

🚩 THE COMMON THREAD THROUGH THE GAME

Every mission is different, but students always learn to recognise the same three warning signs — whether it's a fake profile, a phishing message or a chain letter:

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Urgency

"Right now", "before midnight", "or it'll be too late". Time pressure is designed to prevent clear thinking.

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"Must act now"

A threat or reward that's only valid if you act immediately. Real organisations always give you time to think.

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"Don't tell your parents"

The moment someone asks you to keep something secret from parents or teachers, that request itself is the biggest red flag.

📄 While playing, students can consult the factsheet at any time — an overview page with all the facts and recognisable signals from the game, always one click away via the button top right.

These are 3 of the 22 missions. The full game also includes phishing recognition, passwords & 2FA, deepfakes, the dark web, cyberbullying, and a big finale where teams work together to unmask the leader of The Collectors.

🎒 WHAT YOU GET WITH IT

Not just a game — a complete lesson

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Teacher dashboard

Live overview of all teams while playing: score, progress per mission, and which teams are getting stuck somewhere. One click to send a hint to the whole class.

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Whiteboard debrief

12 interactive slides to discuss as a class right after the game — linked to what the students just experienced, not separate from it.

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Factsheet for students

One overview page with all the facts and recognisable red flags from the game, to read before or after playing.

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Teacher guide

Step-by-step preparation, timing, and a worked-out debrief with concrete discussion points per theme.

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Letter for parents

Print-ready letter explaining what the class did and learned, with concrete questions to discuss at home with their child.

🚀 FULL VERSION

Ready for all missions?

Request a license for your school and play the full Digital Detectives lesson straight in the browser — including teacher dashboard, whiteboard debrief and parent letters.