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Phones came along on campouts. Leaders reviewed the apps that tracked advancement, taught knots and found the trail, and shared what they kept on their home screens.
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Won't be at the 21,000-seat Conference Center in Salt Lake City for tonight's big "A Century of Honor" show? All hope is not lost. You have plenty of ways to watch the multimedia celebration of the 100-year partnership between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America.
Recently, I was asked to review a new outdoor activity-inspired iPad app called Scouting Thomas. To make sure that this is a proper review, I asked Grant, my Wolf Cub Scout, and Parker, my Webelos II, to play with it. I even let them to play it during the school week when video games typically
The theme for the Wednesday, October 9, JTE Leadership hour is "Building Blocks for Scouting's Future." Our show segments are aligned with the five building blocks of council sustainability: sufficient community capacity, effective council leadership, durable financial position, solid membership health, and an outstanding program experience.
I wrote about Autodesk's Formit software a few months ago as a tool for pioneering cosntruction drawings . At the time, it was only available on iPad, but it has now launched for Android as well . Officially, it's only supported on tablets (7" or larger screen) but I was able to install it on my phone.
Technology, technology, technology! That's all we seem to hear about these days. The Internet, Facebook, Twitter, iPhones, smartphones, and yes even ScoutNET. We recognize that to move forward, leveraging these tools of the trade is more critical than ever. Today, keeping up with the rapidly changing technological world we live in is a priority not…
Produce the next official recruiting video for Scouting, and get a chance to win one of three iPad minis! Three grand prize winners (one in each category: Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing) will each receive an Apple iPad mini with a 16GB hard drive!
(Story adapted from Scouting magazine's "Bryan on Scouting" blog ) Version 1.0 of the Jamboree Summit App is now available on Apple and Android devices. The Android app clocks in at just over 10 MB and costs 99 cents in the Google Play store .
Most of the drawings on this blog have been created using SketchUp, a great, cheap 3d modeling program for Windows and Mac. There have been a few attempts to make an equally intuitive modeling app for tablets, and I think Autodesk have something very capable in their new app, Formit .
They say this summer's National Jamboree will be the most-connected ever. Well, this is a great start. Version 1.0 of the Jamboree Summit App is available on Android devices. The app clocks in at just over 10 MB and costs $0.99 in the Google Play store .
The Summit is going to be more wired and high tech than you can imagine, utilizing technology at every possible level from the submission of applications to mobile technology for providing programming, data, and individual schedules. To fully take advantage of widespread mobile capabilities, we are working on a Summit app to roll in time…
