Technology – Scouting magazine

How to avoid social-media safety pitfalls

By Gretchen Sparling

Four scenarios to help guide you and your Scouts as you navigate social-media safety concerns.

Is it ever OK to skirt online rules?

By Michael Freeman

Tyson and Taylor want to both sign up for a fantasy baseball league, but one of them isn’t old enough to register according to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

The power is yours when it comes to screen time

By Michael Freeman

Simple rules for supervising screen time.

How to help kids develop healthier relationships with technology

By Aaron Derr

Helping the iGeneration balance technology use.

Ethics debate: How to respond to inappropriate Internet content

By Scouting magazine

One of your Scouts receives an R-rated Snapchat photo from a friend. How should he respond? Lead this ethics debate to help your Scouts and Venturers decide.

Introducing STEM Scouts, the BSA’s newest program

By Aaron Derr

In April, the BSA’s National Executive Board approved a plan to expand STEM Scouts, a new program of the Boy Scouts of America, to 12 additional councils.

Teaching the new Digital Technology merit badge

By Aaron Derr

Here’s how to teach the new Digital Technology merit badge.

Examine the requirements of the STEM Supernova awards program

By Scouting magazine

Learn more about the STEM Supernova awards available for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers.

Former astronaut shares how to get Scouts hooked on STEM subjects

By Scouting magazine

Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. shares why Scouters must get boys interested in science, technology, engineering, and math topics and how the BSA’s new STEM-NOVA Award program can help.

Ideas for teaching STEM-subject merit badges

By Scouting magazine

Take note of this do-it-yourself merit badge clinic that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics.