- Merit badge Worksheet for Computers from usscouts.org. It is a great place to organize your work.
- Check out Mr. R's Computers Merit Badge Passport
- Many of the requirements can be satisfied using Free (often called "Freeware") and Open Source software programs. Examples include:
o OpenOffice.org is a freeware office suite that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database programs. It can opening and save to Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint files.
o Google Docs contains basic spreadsheet, word processor and presentation software. It imports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint formatted files. Requires only a web browser and a (free) Google account.
o Paint.net is a free image editing and photo manipulation program for Windows PCs. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of powerful tools.
o Picasa is free photo organization and editing tool from Google that can help you make web pages, slide shows and share your photos. A similar application for the Macintosh is iPhoto.
o For those looking for more advanced photo editing software (or those using Linux) there's The G.I.M.P.. It is a good choice for those who can't use or afford Adobe Photoshop.
o Sketchup is a "3D modeling software tool that’s easy to learn, simple to use, and lets you place your models in Google Earth".
o QCad A free trial copy of QCad is available for downloading. The trial copy does have certain limitations (such as terminating after 10 minutes of use) but should suffice for this requirement and give a scout the chance to try a CAD program.
- How to Keep Children Safe Online From McAfee Protection
- A Timeline of the History of the Computer
- A History of the IEEE Computer Society
- Computer History
- Computer History Museum
- The Virtual Museum of Computing
- Historic Computer Images
- CHAC History Pages
- The History of Computers
- Encarta: History of Computers
- Uses of Computers
- Uses of Personal Computers
- Parts of a Personal Computer
- Computer hardware
- File Formats
- Computer Programs
- Programming Languages
- A Complete List of Programming Languages
- Software Applications
- Computer Virus
- Internet
- How Internet Infrastructure Works
- Glossary of Computer Terms - Online Dictionary of Computing
- DRM Information on music copyright protection.
- Computer Science Career Guide
- American Society for Engineering Education
- The Computer Society
- Entertainment Software Association
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- International Game Developers Association
- International Intellectual Property Alliance
- The Internet Society
- Recording Industry Association of America
- World Wide Web Consortium
- See the sample duty roster table in the Camping Worksheet Req. 4b.
- See the sample food list & cost table in the Cooking Worksheet Req. 3c & 5b.
- Court of Honor samples and links to a number of other sites.
- Sample Computer chip based devices:
Lesson Videos:
- Internet Explorer
- Create a Budget in an Excel Spreadsheet
- Mail Merge Word and Excel
- PowerPoint Presentation Basics
- PowerPoint Presentation
- More PowerPoint
- Outlook Email
- How to Use Google
Tutorials:
- Microsoft Word - Great Microsoft Word tutorials.
- Mail Merge in MS Word - Great mail merge tutorial.
- Microsoft PowerPoint - Great Microsoft PowerPoint tutorials.
- Microsoft Excel - Many great tutorials on using Excel.
- Microsoft Outlook great email tutorials.
- HTML Programming - great tutorials.