June 24, 2012

Chicago Girl Scouts Learn to Make Apps and Digital Badges

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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Programming boot camps are part of an effort to interest girls in science and technology.

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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Programming boot camps are part of an effort to interest girls in science and technology.

By Nicole Wallace

Girl Scout badges are going digital.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $150,000 for “My Girl Scout Sash Is an App,” a program to teach scouts in the Chicago metropolitan area how to build Android mobile applications.

Girls Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana is working on the project with the Motorola Mobility Foundation and MentorMob, an online service that aggregates educational content. Motorola volunteers will lead