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The following is an on-line version of the handout from the Sioux Council's Tri-State University of Scouting, Saturday, November 6th, 2004 at the Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.     SIOUX COUNCIL, BSA  (Last Updated 11/17/04)

Class: BS3031

USING TECHNOLOGY IN SCOUTING  

Finding Scouting Information On-line & Developing and Maintaining a Troop or Pack Web Site 

Instructor - Dennis Helland

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THE ONLY 6 SCOUTING INFORMATION WEBSITE lINKS YOU'LL PROBABLY EVER NEED!

BSA National Council - http://www.scouting.org/

Sioux Council, BSA - http://www.siouxbsa.org/

The Scouting Web Portal - http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/start.asp

Scouter NetCompass - http://www.scouter.com

Order of the Arrow - http://www.oa-bsa.org/

Tetonwana Lodge - http://www.siouxbsa.org/tetonwanalodge/

 

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  SITES ABOUT BUILDING A TROOP OR PACK WEB PAGE

   http://www.buildingascoutingwebsite.bravepages.com/Intro.htm

   http://usscouts.org/usscouts/internet/buildasite.html

 

  SCOUTING WEB SITE GRAPHICS WEB SITES

   http://www.scatacook.org/ClipArtBackgrounds.htm

   http://s2.insanescouter.org/t276/art/graphics.php?path=BkGd%2C+Brds%2C+Lines/Backgrounds/

   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/2726/clipart.html

   http://www.softcom.net/users/pohara/webbg.html

   http://www.dacbsa.org/virtual-patches/Graphics-BSA-Trefoils.htm

   http://post369.columbus.oh.us/clipart.d/index.html

   http://clipart.usscouts.org/library/ 

   http://usscouts.org/98animations.asp

   http://usscouts.org/98freebies.asp

 

   FREE OR LOW-COST WEBSITES 

   Free Web Space for Scout Units -http://www.scouter.com/hosting/

   Troops And Packs Online - http://www.scouttroop.org/

   Bravenet - www.bravenet.com 

   Escoutz.com Scout Sites ($30 yr) - http://eteamz.active.com/scouting/

 

   MISC SCOUTING WEB PAGE RESOURCE WEB SITES 

   Web Designing Tools

    http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Navigate/web.html

   Internet Resources - USSCOUTS.ORG

    http://usscouts.org/usscouts/internet.asp

   Free Website Links http://usscouts.org/netresources/freeweb.asp

   Net Resources for Scouters   http://usscouts.org/netresources/netresources.asp

   Scouting Software on the Web http://clipart.usscouts.org/software.asp 

   Website Counter Digits http://usscouts.org/usscouts/counterhowto.asp

   Internet Scout Badge http://usscouts.org/tradingpost/internetscoutpatch.asp

   Free Internet Pop-up Stopper http://panicware.com/product_psfree.html

   Misc Scouting Resource Links

    http://www.scoutingfun.org/Links.htm - Boy Scout, Cub Scout, Girl Scout graphic links, and links to lots of interesting Scouting sites . . .

   Add a free calendar to your web site - http://www.localendar.com/elsie

   or  http://www.calendars.net/

   Free Logo Maker

   http://www.coolarchive.com/logogen.cfm

   Free Banner Maker

   http://www.flamingtext.com/net-fu/forms/banner.html

 

   HTML CODE HELPS WEB SITES

   Webzila HTML Basics - http://htmlbasics.webzila.com/

   HTML Basics 101 - http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/html/index.shtml

   HTML Cheat Sheet - http://www.psacake.com/web/dy.asp

   HTML for the Conceptually Challenged -  http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/html_tutor.html

   Annebellas HTML Help - http://www.annabella.net/html.html

   HTML Editor - http://eteamz.active.com/member-support/locations/

  

   CHECK OUT SOME OF THE SCOUTING WEB SITES ON THE WEB 

  Check out the Scout websites on these two links to get ideas for your own  troop website.

    http://www.emf.net/~troop24/scouting/troops.html  - T-48's Boy Scout Troops on the World Wide Web

   Escoutz.com Scout website finder http://eteamz.active.com/scouting/sites/finder/state.cfm/South%20Dakota/

 

   LOW-COST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

Compiled by Dennis Helland - for use by Scouters developing Scouting-related web sites