Girl ScoutsAmbassadorGrades 11-12

Digital Leadership

Lead change, online and off

Explore your digital landscape, examine how bias gets built into technology, advocate for your community, create content for change, and measure and grow its impact. Covers all five steps of the Ambassador Digital Leadership badge.

Time
About 2 hours, in two sittings
Steps
5 badge steps
You need
A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.
Unlock the kit, $5 I have a code

$5 for one scout: every step, the Glassbox activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the scout's own work.

A campaign page asking the city council for a crosswalk, led by a big number and ending with one clear action.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

  1. 1Explore your digital landscapeMap itMap the platforms, communities and voices that shape what you see and say.
  2. 2Examine digital biasRead and quizAlgorithms make decisions about people. When the data or design is skewed, so are the decisions.
  3. 3Advocate for your communityPlan itPick a need in your community and plan how you will push for change.
  4. 4Create content for changeMake itMake content that moves your decision maker or the people who influence them.
  5. 5Evaluate and expand your impactMeasure itMeasure what changed, then grow it.

Work on a computer. The apps need a keyboard and a bigger screen than a phone: a laptop, desktop or Chromebook. You can pay here and open the emailed link on the computer.

One scout

Unlock the kit, $5

  • All 5 steps, worked on screen, with a lesson you can print if you like paper
  • Glassbox activities that check the work as it is done
  • A numbered certificate with a page of the scout's own work: your bias investigation, your advocacy plan and your impact report

We email a link that opens the kit on any computer. No account needed. We keep the email only to send the kit and certificate links: privacy.

Have a discount code?
Leaders: unlock it for the whole troop

One payment and one code. Each scout types the code to unlock the kit on their own computer, and gets their own certificate at the end. Your pack page shows who has started and finished.

See a sample certificate (PDF) · Already paid? Find your link

Questions

What are the requirements for the Girl Scout Ambassador Digital Leadership badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Explore your digital landscape; 2. Examine digital bias; 3. Advocate for your community; 4. Create content for change; 5. Evaluate and expand your impact. This kit covers all 5, with activities that check the work as it is done.

Is there a printable version?

Yes. Once unlocked, the whole lesson prints, one step at a time, for a meeting or a table. Printing is optional: every step also works on screen, and a sample certificate PDF is on this page.

What does a scout need?

A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed. About 2 hours, in two sittings.

Can a troop leader get it for the whole troop?

Yes. A troop pack is one payment and one code: up to 12 scouts for $20, or up to 30 scouts for $35. Each scout types the code on their own computer and gets their own certificate, and the leader's pack page shows who has started and finished.

Is this an official Girl Scouts product?

No. MYTEK Lab makes the kit, and Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. The troop leader awards the badge; the certificate shows the scout did the work, with a number the leader can check.

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Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. This kit is made by MYTEK Lab; the badge is awarded by the troop.