RememberSchiff Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not hackers breaking into computers but kids with adult mentors USING tools, woodworking, robot-building,...Badges but no uniforms. Inclusive. Membership 32,000 nationwide. Website https://diy.org/ Probably more hands-on than our survey STEM merit badges? News Story from NPR http://www.npr.org/2012/12/23/167285991/with-growth-of-hacker-scouting-more-kids-learn-to-tinker Geek Scouts and Maker Scouts are similar but not nationwide,...yet. http://www.geek-scouts.org/ http://makerscouts.org/ Maker Scouts is a burgeoning group looking to build a next generation scouting organization. Our main drive is bringing modern science, technology, engineering, art, and math to children outside of a school environment. Maker Scouts seeks to foster a well socialized, moral, and tech savvy generation of boys and girls. This is getting interesting. Another $0.02, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 What's to say there can't be Venturing Scouts involved in exactly the same activities? Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Maybe, but Hacker scouts appears targeted at upper elementary, middle school kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagledad Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Pretty cool program, but more of just another after school club. I couldn't find anything about how it fosters morality. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 So why don't they resurrect the old belt-loop program in Cub Scouts? Those were designed to be MB like and could be used to foster some program with little effort on the part of National to set them up. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForTheBoys Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hi Stosh - I don't understand your point on "resurrect the old belt-loop program". My Pack and District have been actively teaching and awarding belt-loops and the associated pins ever since my son joined 4 years ago. Was there a different program years ago? Thanks, FTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Nope, I didn't think the program was still in effect. Been out of Cubbing for many years, don't see them on current boy's belts. Maybe it is just because kids don't wear belts anymore. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Might be useful to ask families why they chose those scouting programs over ours. Open response not canned multiple choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel947 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Why do boys choose band, robotics or Sports over Boy Scouting.... might be their interests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdidochas Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That is why I think we need to have BSA concentrate on the outdoors. We have that down pretty well. No need to branch into high tech and STEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey H Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 "So why don't they resurrect the old belt-loop program in Cub Scouts? Those were designed to be MB like and could be used to foster some program with little effort on the part of National to set them up..." It never went away. Belt loops are the most popular awards in our Pack. Our boys wear their belts and display their belt loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpstodwftexas Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I wonder if those new scout like Organizations have a National Board who sets all the Policies based on some expert's advice. I see several differences already..All Ages are CO-Ed..and they offer a wide variety of stuff based on interests and abilities not just "Age Appropriate" as deemed by some expert somewhere. I bet they have little red wagons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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