Web Guides

Links for Leaders in Girl Guides and Girl Scouts:
Helping adult and girl members use the Internet and World Wide Web

QuickLinks WebGuides#5 Columns

Last updated: November 22, 1997

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What?

This Website is a teaching tool for members of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to learn about the World Wide Web and a list of great links. If you're new to the Internet, or are just learning, the columns offer step by step lessons to help you learn how to the use Internet in Guiding.

If you are already comfortable on the Web, check out the columns anyway -- they have many more links than show up on this page.

You might want to bookmark WebGuides to use with your girls, or share the URL with a sister who is not so sure about how to use the Internet and the Web in Guiding or Scouting.

WebGuides contains copies of each column, which in turn have many links to other sites that:

are directly about Guiding and Scouting
may not be about Guiding but are useful for program activities (nature, camp, safety, etc.) for all branches and levels
show craft ideas and how-tos that can be adapted for all branches and levels
carry songs and other campfire ideas
etc., etc., etc.!

Each WebGuides column is divided into three parts...

HOW is a (very basic) definition of something Web or Net-related
WHERE links to Websites that tie in with upcoming Guiding needs and general Guiding information
GUIDERS’ OWN points to fun or interesting sites that may not be directly useful for Guiding, but may bring you pleasure or lead you on a new trail....

The Columns:

WebGuides #1 Surfer's basic equipment (& some great GGGS links to start you off)
WebGuides #2 Start your search engines (& many, many links to international pages)
WebGuides #3 Easy e-mail (& where to find other leaders on the Net), great connections to Guiding and Scouting mailing lists on-line, plus links to crafts for and by girls ages 7 to 14, and camp and more. Plus, a puzzle of a page for games lovers!
WebGuides #4 How to Chat with other Guides in real time, the Guide Zone, hiking the arduous West Coast Trail, GSUSA's 85th anniversary party, two electronic craft magazines. Plus, stories about homebirths.
WebGuides #5 How to start your own Website! Plus, a new interactive page for the girls; Thinking Day on the Air and on the Internet; a Remembrance Day tribute to "In Flanders Fields" and the poppies Canadians wear 'lest we forget.' Plus, a glorious example of the best a Website can be (... educational AND fun!).

QuickLinks to Guiding Resources

This is a list of basic resources, all directly related to Girl Guides/Scouts. The columns have a lot more links, both Guiding and non-Guiding.

Girl Guides of Canada Who we are, messages to Guiders, girls and parents. Terrific graphics for notes, newsletters, posters, etc.!
Guiding Mailing List Post a question or seek a how-to, and get a dozen responses in a few hours! (Canadian sponsored!)
Information on how to join the (mostly U.S.-related) WAGGGS-L mailing list
The Guide Zone Need an idea fast? Hit this collection of ideas on just about anything: Crafts, first aid kits, games, inspiration, and so much more. Constantly evolving as GG/GSmailing list members keep on sending ideas!
Becky's Guiding Pages A much-linked Canadian site, with games, songs, camping tips and more, more, more!
Scouting/Guiding Software and Files
Get Knotted! Learn how to tie knots by watching them over and over at this great animated site
The Virtual Campsite (many resources on Scouting - camping, activities, etc.)
Highlights and photos from the 1996 WAGGGS World Conference
Canadian Guiding E-mail Directory, and pages with many other great resources and links. Sign yourself up so others can find you!
Girl Scouting and Guiding E-mail Directory (mostly U.S.)

You're the Guides in WebGuides

Send me your favorite sites and where to find them, how you use them in Guiding, why you like them.

Barb Wright
Spark Guider
Area Membership Coordinator
B.C. Webpage Task Team
Guide Zone Guidelinks coordinator
former District Commissioner,
Brown Owl and Guide Guider