Internet Resources 2016

This month's Cub Scout breakout topic covers Internet Resources. Here are the links included in discussion.

From the 2016 Cub Scout Roundtable Guide:

• Cub Scouting home page 
• https://cubscouts.org/
• Guide to Advancement 
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource/GuideToAdvancement.aspx
• Guide to Safe Scouting 
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS.aspx
• Forms (incident information reports, first-aid logs, etc.) 
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/Forms.aspx
• Roundtable support page including best practices
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Commissioners/roundtable.aspx
• Journey to Excellence home page 
• www.scouting.org/jte.aspx
• ScoutSource page
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource.aspx
• Guide to Awards and Insignia 
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/InsigniaGuide.aspx
• Adult training page 
• www.scouting.org/training/adult.aspx
• Bryan on Scouting 
• http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org
• Program updates 
• www.scouting.org/scoutsource/programupdates.aspx
• Newsletter, planning calendar, and poster templates
• www.scouting.org/Home/CubScouts/Leaders/newslettertemplate.aspx
•  How to Create a Troop Facebook Page: 
• https://www.youtube.com/v/eFYtQGCftds
• Social Media Guide
• www.scouting.org/Home/Marketing/Resources/SocialMedia.asp

Heidi's Picks:

• Baloo's Bugle
• http://usscouts.org/bbugle.asp
• Merit Badge
• http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
• US Scouting Service Project
• http://usscouts.org/start.asp
• Be a Scout
• https://beascout.scouting.org/
• CubCast monthly podcast
• http://www.scouting.org/Scoutcast/Cubcast.aspx
• Social Media sites:
• https://www.facebook.com/officialcubscouts/
• https://www.facebook.com/RedCedarDistrict/
• https://www.facebook.com/scoutingmagazine/
• https://www.pinterest.com/explore/cub-scout-activities/

BSA Cyber Chip
http://www.scouting.org/cyberchip.aspx

The program is set up for individual Scouts, but going to a library or a school where there are multiple computers would allow a den or pack to do it all at once.

To earn the Cyber Chip, do the following:

1. Read, commit to, and sign the Level I Internet Safety Pledge (BSA Cyber Chip blue card).
2. Watch the video “Bad Netiquette Stinks” at http://NetSmartz.org/scouting/.
3. On the same website, play the “Router’s Birthday Surprise” interactive adventure, and print the completion certificate to give to your den leader.
4. Show and tell your family, den leader, den, or pack what you have learned.

Once a Scout completes the requirements, he is awarded a Cyber Chip card and may receive an optional temporary patch.