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Don't have a troop or group to meet with?
Have you been asked to run a meeting with youth & are needing resources and structure? 
Can't fit face-to-face badge-work meetings into your schedule or have been absent? 
No one else is interested in a badge you want to earn? 
Do you prefer to learn alone?
Do you want to learn in a global environment? 
                           Want to simply try something new?                             
YES?  
Do a "Virtually Badges" workshop !

         What participants are saying in  a                  post-workshop survey:
  • "I liked how we could do it online because you can do it anywhere & it was fun & easy." (Comic Cartoon Creations)
  • "It (the badge) was faster than earning it another way.  It was fun!" (Outdoor Trail Prep & Fun)
  • "I enjoyed the whole process!" (Comic Cartoon Creations)
  • "What I liked best was the creating." (Digital Movie Maker)
  • "I liked practicing the techniques taught in the workshop." (First Aid)
  • "I liked how you could look back at a previous lesson if you forgot something." (Comic Cartoon Creations)
  • "I think the best thing in the workshop is how we did it in stations so that it broke it (badge earning) down into pieces & wasn't too hard." (Digital Movie Maker)
  • "The videos were helpful." (Marketing)
  • "The videos are almost like someone is talking to you and I got to share a response." (Marketing)
  • "I really liked the online quiz." (Marketing)
      21st century learning: 
Our youth today are digital natives, meaning they do not know a world without media-rich technology and online tools. As modern learners they are comfortable regularly using technology for self-directed researching, creating, collaborating, communicating, innovating, problem solving, & thinking analytically. These virtual badge earning workshops aim to integrate many of these 21st century learning skills.  
How do these workshops work?
  • The objectives of these workshops often align with the goals and badge-work laid out by national scouting organizations, but can be equally as useful for after-school programs and other youth developmental programs.  
  • At this time these workshops are geared towards 6th-12 graders based on the level of technology and digital citizenship required, such as moderate typing skills and online safety. 
Technology requirements: 
  1. Internet access
  2. Adobe Flash, Adobe PDF reader
  3. Firefox 3.5+ or IE8. (IE 6 does not work. Safari and Chrome may be used, but not optimized.) 
  4. A smart phone or camera with video is useful for sharing project pictures or videos of projects. (No self-identifying pictures/video are ever required.)