Academics - Computers

Requirements for the Computers Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

1. Explain the parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.
2. Demonstrate how to start up and shut down a personal computer properly.
3. Use your computer to prepare and print a document.

Requirements for the Computers Pin

Earn the Computers belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Use a computer to prepare a report on a subject of interest to you. Share it with your den.
2. Make a list of 10 devices that can be found in the home that use a computer chip to function.
3. Use a computer to maintain a balance sheet of your earnings for four weeks.
4. Use a spreadsheet program to organize some information.
5. Use an illustration, drawing, or painting program to create a picture.
6. Use a computer to write a thank-you letter to someone.
7. With your parent's or adult partner's permission, log on to the Internet. Visit the Boy Scouts of America homepage (http://www.scouting.org).
8. Discuss with an adult personal safety rules you should use while using the Internet.
9. Practice a new computer game for two weeks. Demonstrate an improvement in your scores.
10. With your parent's or adult partner's permission, correspond with a friend via e-mail. Have at least five e-mail replies from your friend.
11. Visit a local business or government agency that uses a large mainframe computer to handle their business. Be able to explain how computers save them time and money in carrying out their work.

Rules For On-Line Safety

1. I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide on the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online, and appropriate web sites for me to visit. If I want to visit other web sites, I will get their permission first.
2. While I'm online, I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents' work addresses/telephone numbers, or the name of my school without my parents' permission.
3. I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable.
4. I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do, I will tell my parents right away so that they can contact the online service.
5. I will never agree to get together with someone I meet online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and I will bring a parent or my adult guardian along.
6. While I'm online, I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents.