The Badge Archive

Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette Netiquette badge requirements.

Items Needed:

• Pens or pencils
• Ruled or plain paper (one per scout)
• Netiquette Tip Sheet from the previous activity
• Phones, tablets, or laptops with a messaging application scouts use regularly

Instructions:

1. Ask scouts:
   • “What are your favorite messaging apps?”
   • “How many of you have sent a message in the past two months that you wish you hadn’t?”
   • “What makes you wish you hadn’t sent it?”
2. Have scouts examine the last 15 messages they sent in their favorite messaging app or texts (if their app deletes messages).
3. On their paper, scouts should write numbers 1 through 15.
4. For each message, ask them to consider:
   • “Would it bother you if the person forwarded your message?” or “Would you say the message to the person’s face?”
   • If the answer is “no” to either question, draw a frowny face next to the number.
   • If the answer is “yes” to both, draw a smiley face next to the number.
5. Once all 15 messages are reviewed, discuss what scouts found. Ask:
   • “If you didn’t like some messages, what would you have done differently?”
6. Encourage scouts to add new tips to their Netiquette Tip sheet based on their review.