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Radio-active JOTA participation reaches new heights

November 20, 2012 1

JOTA, I hear you loud and clear. More than 18,000 American Scouts participated in the 2012 edition of the Jamboree on the Air last month. That’s a whopping 482 percent leap over last year’s participant

Your life just got easier, thanks to these new online unit and district tools

November 9, 2012 11

Updating your personal info in the BSA’s database shouldn’t take an act of congress. Fortunately, a just-launched suite of unit and district tools has the power to change your address, phone number, e-mail, or more—with

The Ultimate List of Scouting Apps

August 9, 2012 93

Click here to see the 2014 version of this list. Once upon a time, we used maps printed on paper to find our way. We studied laminated sky charts to identify constellations. We counted seconds after thunder

BSA dials in sponsorship deal with Icom America for amateur radio stations

June 12, 2012 4

Amateur radio: Fun but not free. That makes the recent sponsorship agreement between the Boy Scouts of America and Icom America, a world leader in the amateur radio market, such big news. The deal makes

With BSA’s new Cyber Chip, online safety’s the point

June 4, 2012 42

Kids spend more than 7.5 hours a day using some kind of electronic device, according to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation study. In other words, if they’re awake and not at school, they’re probably online.

First look: Game Design merit badge (and how you can help!)

May 10, 2012 37

A new merit badge rewarding you for creativity, fun, and strategy? I’m game. Your Scouts will be too when the Game Design merit badge debuts next year. Approved and listed on my Guide to New Merit

Handheld cell phone use in West Virginia will cost you

April 23, 2012 7

Your 10-cents-per-text plan seems cheap when you consider this: Pressing send behind the wheel will soon cost you 3,000 times that amount. Thanks to a new bill signed into law this month, handheld cell phone

Amateur radio fans: Have a Field Day!

April 20, 2012 5

If you’re a ham radio buff, the six-month wait until the next Jamboree on the Air feels like a lifetime. Fortunately, there’s hope. Wait just two months and attend the American Radio Relay League’s annual

Scouting magazine is now on Pinterest.com

April 12, 2012 2

Have you ever run across a great Cub Scout activity on the Web and wished there was an easy way to file the information for later use? (And I’m not talking about writing down the

Resistance is futile, during National Robotics Week

April 9, 2012 0

Robots are taking over the world! OK, I’m overreacting, a little, but I can’t help it. This week has me thinking about robotics and the many ways in which machines make our lives better. So