A Scoutmaster's Blog

This is a online journal of a Boy Scout troop scoutmaster's point of view and thoughts on over 25 years as a Boy Scout Leader in central Minnesota. This site also serves as the home of the "Melrose Scouting Productions Podcast" which features Scouting related videos. Visit the site of Melrose Boy Scout Troop 68 at http://www.melrosetroop68.org for nearly 200 pages of local Scouting history.

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Name: Scoutmaster Steve B.
Location: Minnesota, United States

Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 68, Melrose, Minnesota for over 25 years. Has been an assistant scoutmaster, roundtable commissioner, Philmont advisor, and Jamboree Scoutmaster.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The ScoutTube

You have heard of Youtube. You may have heard about Godtube. But have you ever heard about ScoutTube? It is one of the newest video sites on the internet to promote Scouting. In fact, ScoutTube is a video site which only contains (so far, at least) twelve films, each one covering one point of the Scout Law. Each video features real Scouts talking with real people who exemplify one point of the Law.

The films are professional done, and look very sharp. They were produced by Arrowhead films with funding provided by the Brock Family Trust and the Capital Area Council. The site is sharp looking without a lot of useless bells and whistles. The only thing I do not like about the site is that the browser window immediately expands to fill the whole monitor. I hate it when a site does that.

Check out ScoutTube and see if you do not agree that this is a site that could be very useful to Cub Packs, new Boy Scouts, and even to help promote Scouting. (I would like to get a dvd of these videos.)

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Nick Wood said...

I find it fascinating that the BSA manage to get adverts on TV in the US. The ones I've seen on YouTube are very positive.
ScoutTube is also a great idea, although I guess the audience would be more limited to Scouts!
Shame we can't get similar ads on the TV in the UK!

Nick

March 16, 2008  

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