For your Scouts and Venturers on Facebook, the reminder to “think before you post” just got a lot more important. Yesterday we learned that Facebook has changed its privacy policies for users age 13 to
At the jamboree, no power outlet remains empty for long. Everywhere you look — using official AT&T charging stations, orange Summit Bechtel Reserve power arrays (not to be used when raining), outlets inside and outside
The beeping on Bram’s handheld radio intensified, and then: “I’m getting something!” Like a trio of bloodhounds, three Scouts from Troop A120 out of Durham, N.C., were off to follow the digital scent. Eight minutes
Updated, July 11 | Added Sprint; Added Wi-Fi test in Echo camp Everything’s bigger and better at the 2013 jamboree, even the Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Early reports from staff members on the ground indicate
As the Boy Scouts of America’s 12th Chief Scout Executive, Wayne Brock continues a solemn tradition that dates back to November 1911 when James E. West became the first Chief. But let’s remember July 2013 as
In this corner, we have modern-day Scouting, where technology enhances the delivery of the program in ways never thought possible. In the other corner, it’s traditional Scouting, that rare respite from a young person’s screen-based
If first impressions are everything, your unit website better be good. These days, many prospective Scouts and their parents will research your pack, troop, or crew online long before they pick up the phone or
Updated, April 30: Apple iOS version now available They say this summer’s National Jamboree will be the most-connected ever. Well, this is a great start. Version 1.0 of the Jamboree Summit App is available on Apple
With apologies to the Buggles, I’m happy to report that the radio star is alive and well. Well, the ham radio star, at least. And now the BSA offers a special patch for licensed aficionados
Seventy-six years before Mark Zuckerberg was even born, the original Scout Law appeared in Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys. No need for a new set of 12, though. Turns out those words — which the BSA adapted and adopted