[FARC] Cub Scout Weblos Communicator Activity Badge

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Joseph M. Durnal wrote:
> Has anyone ever wrapped a program around the Cub Scout Weblos
> communicator activity badge?  I'll be doing that very thing next week
> but I'm not sure where to begin :).  The communicator activity badge
> is more about communicating in general, and less about the technology:
> http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/community.asp#Communicator
>
>
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Looking on the web site:

Do *Seven* of These

   1. Play the Body Language Game with your den.
   2. Prepare and give a three-minute talk to your den on a subject of
      your choice.
   3. Invent a sign language or a picture writing language and use it to
      tell someone a story.
   4. Identify and discuss with your den as many different methods of
      communication as you can (at least six different methods).
   5. Invent your own den secret code and send one of your den members a
      secret message.
   6. With your den or your family, visit a library and talk to a
      librarian.  Learn how books are catalogued to make them easy to
      find.  Sign up for a library card, if you don't already have one.
   7. Visit the newsroom of a newspaper or a radio or television station
      and find out how they receive information.
   8. Write an article about a den activity for your pack newsletter or
      web site, your local newspaper, or your school newsletter,
      newspaper, or web site.
   9. Invite a person with a visual, speaking, or hearing impairment to
      visit your den.  Ask about the special ways he or she
      communicates.  Discover how well you can communicate with him or her.
  10. With your parent or guardian, or your Webelos den leader, invite a
      person who speaks another language (such as Spanish, French,
      Arabic, Hebrew, etc.) as well as English to visit your den.  Ask
      questions about the other language (its background, where it is
      spoken, etc.), discuss words in that language that den members are
      already familiar with, or ask about ways to learn another language.
  11. Use a personal computer to write a letter to a friend or
      relative.  Create your letter, check it for grammar and spelling,
      and save it to a disk.  Print it.
  12. Search the Internet and connect to five web sites that interest you.
  13. Under the supervision of a parent or other trusted adult, exchange
      e-mail with a friend or relative.
  14. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for
      Computers
      <http://www.boyscouttrail.com/cub-scouts/acadsports/computers.asp>.
  15. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for
      Communicating
      <http://www.boyscouttrail.com/cub-scouts/acadsports/communicating.asp>.
  16. Find out about jobs in communications. Tell your den what you learn.

*Resources:*
Communicator Guide Planner 
<http://www.boyscouttrail.com/webelos/badge-communicator.asp>       
Communicator Worksheets 
<http://www.boyscouttrail.com/external_frame.asp?goto=/webelos/w2/communicator_worksheets.htm> 

Ideas: Communicator Ideas 1 
<http://www.boyscouttrail.com/external_frame.asp?goto=/webelos/w2/otherresources/webelos-communicator-ideas.htm>, 
Ideas 3 <http://wtsmith.com/rt/webactbadge/communicator.html>, PDF 1 
<http://www.boyscouttrail.com/webelos/w2/otherresources/communicator.pdf>, 
PDF 2 <http://www.boyscouttrail.com/webelos/w2/pdfs/communic.pdf>, PDF 3 
<http://usscouts.org/macscouter/cubscouts/powwow99/circleten/Web5.pdf>
Activity Pages: Anagrams 
<https://people.creighton.edu/%7Ebjs74318/bluejay/pack114/funpages/web-com3.html>, 
Quiz 
<https://people.creighton.edu/%7Ebjs74318/bluejay/pack114/funpages/web-com4.html>, 

General Resources: more Webelos Ideas 
<http://www.boyscouttrail.com/external_frame.asp?goto=/webelos/w2/pdfs/book.htm> 


Point 10. My Wife and I speat Swedish and could help with point 10, if 
needed.

Under resources/Worksheet CodeBreaking A visit to the


      National /Cryptologic Museum/ - NSA/CSS
      http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/museum
      <http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/museum/>

or the International /Spy Museum /Spy Museum would be a lot of fun and 
educational http://www.spymuseum.org/

http://www.boyscouttrail.com/external_frame.asp?goto=/webelos/w2/otherresources/webelos-communicator-ideas.htm
Use a computer to talk to other people. USe SKYPE

http://www.boyscouttrail.com/webelos/w2/pdfs/communic.pdf
Read pages 110 - 112 on Signal Codes.
It is best to arrive at the meeting prepared with one page for each 
scout that contains the signal
code you will use, such as Morse Code,...

There waws alot of material on the web site.
Keith Elkin / Eva Jaatmaa