Girl ScoutsCadetteGrades 6-8

Digital Leadership

Make the internet better

Map your digital landscape, investigate how the online world shapes what you see, design a community with rules that work, create content that changes something, and share how you made it. Covers all five steps of the Cadette 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 Comic Maker activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the scout's own work.

A two-panel comic: a villain shouts to share a rumor, and a hero answers to check who made it first.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

  1. 1Discover your digital landscapeMap itYour digital landscape is every app, site, game and group you spend time in. Map yours.
  2. 2Investigate the digital worldInvestigateThe online world is shaped by choices you do not see: what gets recommended, what gets shared, and why.
  3. 3Design a digital communityDesign itDesign an online community you would want to belong to, with rules that hold up when things go wrong.
  4. 4Create content for changeMake itMake something that changes how people act online: a comic, a short video, a poster, or a guide.
  5. 5Share your processShare itShare what you made and how you made it, so others can do the same.

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
  • Comic Maker activities that check the work as it is done
  • A numbered certificate with a page of the scout's own work: your landscape map, your community design and your content plan

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 Cadette Digital Leadership badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Discover your digital landscape; 2. Investigate the digital world; 3. Design a digital community; 4. Create content for change; 5. Share your process. 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.