Girl ScoutsSeniorGrades 9-10

Digital Leadership

Use your voice online

Map where you spend time online, take apart how digital ads target you, stand up for yourself and others, make content that changes something, and grow its reach. Covers all five steps of the Senior 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.

$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 called Pause Before You Post, with three quick checks to make before sharing.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

  1. 1Discover your digital landscapeMap itMap the platforms you use and the role each plays in your life.
  2. 2Examine digital advertisingRead and quizMost free platforms are paid for by ads. Learn how they find you.
  3. 3Advocate for yourself and others onlineInvestigateAdvocating means using your voice: protecting yourself, and standing up for others who are targeted.
  4. 4Create content for changeMake itMake content that moves your audience to act.
  5. 5Expand your reachGrow itGet your content to more of the right people, and measure whether it worked.

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 landscape map, your ad investigation 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 Senior Digital Leadership badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Discover your digital landscape; 2. Examine digital advertising; 3. Advocate for yourself and others online; 4. Create content for change; 5. Expand your reach. 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.

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.