Lead online: a community for good

Map how you connect with others, follow your digital footprint, check a source like a fact checker, design an online community with rules everyone agrees on, and make a message that helps people. Covers all five steps of the Junior Digital Leadership badge.

Time: About 90 minutes, in one or two sittings
Steps: 5 badge steps
You need: A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Paper and markers are handy for the last step. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.

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$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.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

1Explore how you connect with othersRead and quizYou belong to many communities: your family, your class, your troop, your team. Online, you belong to more.
2Discover your digital footprintRead and quizEverything you do online leaves a track. Together those tracks are your digital footprint.
3Consider the sourceInvestigateAnyone can put anything online. Someone who leads checks where information comes from before believing or sharing it.
4Design a digital communityDesign itNow you lead. Design an online community for something you love, with rules that make it a great place to be.
5Create content for changeMake itPeople who lead use technology to help. Make a message that helps people be safer or kinder online.

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 community plan, your message for change and your notes

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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 Junior Digital Leadership badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Explore how you connect with others; 2. Discover your digital footprint; 3. Consider the source; 4. Design a digital community; 5. Create content for change. 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. Paper and markers are handy for the last step. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed. About 90 minutes, in one or 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.