Scouter. 15 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Found this in passing... Search and Rescue Games Design Programming Animation Kayaking I don't think they are out yet...but they are coming Peace...S. Link to post Share on other sites
Lisabob 13 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I thought Kayaking already existed? Where'd you find this? Link to post Share on other sites
AlFansome 10 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Kayaking is listed as being available starting in May. All the info can be found at: http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/merit-badge-calendar/ Link to post Share on other sites
MoosetheItalianBlacksmith 13 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Kayaking is an award right now i belive not a MB.....but i might be wrong I remeber getting the award when i went to camp not the MB. I like that they are making it a meritbadge. (This message has been edited by MoosetheItalianBlacksmith) Link to post Share on other sites
Lisabob 13 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 AllFan - thanks, that's the source of my confusion. We have some scouts who signed up to do the kayaking MB at summer camp, so I was under the (mistaken) impression that it was already "live." Well, it will be in less than a week! I agree that this is a good addition to the MB options. As for game design/programming/animation - I would rather see these combined, than as 3 separate badges. I recognize that there are some differences, but a lot of the underlying materials overlap. Pair Search & Rescue with Wilderness Survival & First Aid MBs for some kind of cool award. Link to post Share on other sites
NJCubScouter 1389 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Games design, programming and animation seem a little unlikely to me, but the writer of this blog does claim to be the senior editor of Scouting magazine, which sounds kind of authoritative, so I guess we'll find out. Link to post Share on other sites
ZScout5 12 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Game Design is coming in 2013. It was already announced in national communication to councils. I did find programming and animation listed on another council's page as planned. I agree that these could be combined in one badge-just not sure what you would call it. I am not surprised by this, not after video game beltloop/pin came out for cubs. BSA is also getting into STEM initiatives-thus more tech badges like robotics. The scouts love them I know, but I thought we were trying to get them off the electronics and into the outdoors!? Thank goodness outdoor badges like kayaking and s/r are coming too. I would also like to see Carpentry come back, along with updates to the trade-based badges. There are STEM based Explorer programs-BSA could promote increasing the number of this type of Post. Link to post Share on other sites
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