Virtual Meetings 2020-2021
Seven Pillars of Virtual Scouting:
Best of BSA content • Turn in-person → virtual • Youth leaders plan + deliver • Involve Scouts before, during and after • Personal connections • Skilled delivery • Strive for normalcy
Tech Skills for Virtual Meetings (ASPL Luke M) ==> LINK
January 15
January 8
December 18
November 20
November 13
November 6
October 23
October 16
October 9
October 2
September 25
September 18
September 11: Troop Meeting - Summer Merit Badges Round 2 - Session 4
Breakout room for interpatrol Virtual Escape Room
Promote two Eagle Projects (Nick and EJ)
Masterclass on Magic with Penn & Teller #2
September 4: Troop Meeting - Summer Merit Badges Round 2 - Session 3
Breakout room for interpatrol Virtual Escape Room
Promote two Eagle Projects (John and Dean)
Masterclass on Magic with Penn & Teller #1
August 28: Troop Meeting - Summer Merit Badges Round 2 - Session 2
Cooking MB breakout with "boil a cake" activity
Introduce SmugMug photo albums by Picture Historian
August 14: Troop Meeting -
July 3: Troop Meeting - First mailed/delivered hands-on project (Lego build by patrols)
June 19: Spring Court of Honor - First virtual Court of Honor
June 12: Troop Meeting
June 5: Troop Meeting - First Jeopardy Game/Advancement Breakouts (prep for Court of Honor) • SPAMB Summer Challenge
May 29: PLC Meeting • AGENDA
May 22: Troop Meeting (Icy Cobras Opening) - PL Elections / Virtual Summer Camp Promo
May 15: Troop Meeting (Anonymous Opening) - SPL Election
May 8: Troop Meeting (Tacos Opening)
May 1: Troop Meeting (Llamas Opening)
April 24th: PLC Meeting and First Years' Advancement Meetings
4.21.20 Presentation to Council Commissioners on Virtual Operations HERE
April 17th: Troop Meeting + Patrol Meeting Breakouts (Falcons Opening)
First time using unique write-permissioned Google Docs in patrol meetings to "deliver" something back to main meeting [Merit Badge identification]
Successful Gimkit game (still need training for individual users who have trouble with multiple browsers/devices)
First time having Bugler play (Closing)
April 10th: Troop Meeting + Patrol Meeting Breakouts (NRD Opening)
First time using Whiteboard in patrol meetings to "deliver" something back to main meeting [Word Game]
First time using Gimkit instead of Kahoot!
April 4th: Virtual New Scout Orientation & New Parents Meeting
April 3rd: Troop Meeting + Patrol Meeting Breakouts
First time using Zoom
First time using Breakout Rooms for Patrol Meetings
March 27th: Troop Meeting + Merit Badge & Rank Breakouts - begin American Heritage MB [WORKBOOK]
For American Heritage Merit Badge:
Requirements • Do the Workbook
Links to Declaration of Independence Videos: LINK1 • LINK2
National Register of Historical Places WEBSITE
100 Significant Americans ARTICLE
To earn the American Heritage Merit Badge do the requirements and complete the Workbook. Whenever a requirement says rewrite, name, explain, describe, tell, discuss, report, or share, please write this in the workbook. For requirements which say ask or interview, please do this and write the responses you received in the workbook
Requirements 1, 2, and 3 should all be written.
Requirement 4 allows you to choose 2 of the 5 options. For the map requirement in 4a, make the map and scan it or take a good quality photo then combine it into your workbook or send it in at the same time.
For requirements that say visit or take part in you may use something you've done before to complete the requirement. Please write as much as you can about the visit considering the requirement (for instance, if you visited the Liberty Bell write about its history and what you learned or experienced about the bell's significance, but not about the gift shop or the snack shop). ;-)
When you are finished please email the Workbook and any additional attachments to: SubmitMeritBadge@bsa98.com
March 20th: Troop Meeting - How's Everyone Doing? + Public Health Merit Badge Session 2
Public Health MB requirements and Workbook
To earn the Public Health Merit Badge do the requirements and complete the Workbook. Whenever a requirement says rewrite, name, explain, describe, tell, discuss, report, or share, please write this in the workbook. For requirements which say ask or interview, please do this and write the responses you received in the workbook
Requirements 1, 2, 3 and 4 should all be written.
For the second part of requirement 3, you may describe (write) two ways of "making water safe to drink" but please do one of them at home and make a short video or take photos of how you did it and include these when you submit your workbook.
For requirement 5, do option 5b, and watch both of the following videos:
This one is optional but is really cool: Emirates Food Prep
For requirement 7, do option 7b.
For any other requirements that say visit or take part in you may use something you've already done before to complete the requirement. Please write as much as you can about the visit considering the requirement (for instance, if you visited a water treatment facility write about what you learned about its function, but not about where you stopped for lunch on the way home). ;-)
When you are finished please email the Workbook and any additional attachments to: SubmitMeritBadge@bsa98.com
March 13th: Troop Meeting - Coronavirus, Flattening the Curve, Public Health Merit Badge Session 1 •First Virtual meeting - Using Webex
YouTube video of entire meeting HERE
