S COUTSMAP & FOS WIKI

Introduction Scoutsmap & FOSwiki 2 products for our scout leaders. They are complementary:  Scoutsmap = static, ‘official’ articles developed by the national programmeteam  FOSwiki = dynamic, more backgroundinformation, every leader and volunteer can write articles

S COUTSMAP

Contents Articles developed by the national programmeteam. Paperwork, administration, preparations, reports, … 7 themes: your branche, members and leadership, activities, camp, unit, FOS Open Scouting, extra

It’s our purpose to distribute a map to every leader for free. We distribute the maps on our national events, training courses, …

FOS WIKI

FOS had a problem… Knowledge was spread around the organization:  National office  At the homes of national volunteers  Local groups Hard to find information about a topic Not enough bottom-up input for our publications.

Using ICT in scouting Computers, internet, social network sites, … are everywhere  Young people (scouts!) = early adapters ICT can help you to improve your way of working  Users aren’t bound to a location or a timestamp  But don’t use it just because you can!

The FOS approach… Special interactive website To share scout-related knowledge Everyone can add and edit all information  Professionals, volunteers, members, external parties, …  Everyone is a moderator ! Single point of knowledge

Current situation Wiki contains all sorts of information:  Technical subjects (e.g. pioneering)  Scouting songs, games, …  Articles and courses  Info on local groups  And lots more ! Information on wiki is now used to make publications Wiki shows who we are and what we know

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