Is It Time For Hacker Scouts?

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 2, 2012 @11:31AM from the earn-a-lightsaber-badge dept.

ptorrone writes "MAKE Magazine asks: is it 'Time For Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts 2.0?' What might the future of education be like if it were based on online & earned skill badges, and what could the future of traditional organizations for kids, like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, be like in a very modern, tech-savvy world? Social networks and the maker movement are the perfect intersection of where the kids of today are, but we don't see 'leaderboards' for skills yet; we only see them for video games. Is it time for Hacker Scouts?"

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Re:Discrimination Issues by flaming+error · 2012-03-02 12:29 · Score: 5, Informative

The Girl Scouts have nothing to do with each other and entirely different philosophies.
The Boy Scouts are basically structured to be the youth program for the mormon church.
The Girl Scouts are far more warm, friendly, and liberal.