This was a new Merit Badge in 2013. I started earning it last fall and finished in July 2014.
Finding a counselor can be tricky if you don't know someone who is knowledgeable about computers and who has signed up to be a counselor.
The first requirement says to earn the cyber chip. It's definitely easier to do this one before the 9th grade. Here is the link to get you started:
http://www.scouting.org/cyberchip.aspx
My counselor had me doing a bunch of programming requirements. I did Arduino, that was the first language I used. I also went to a website called code.learn.org and worked one some programming requirements there. When you finish the program on that website that fulfills the requirements for another programming language. The third one I did was using Lego robots.
The merit badge itself is cool because it says something in binary. Look it up! And then make sure to sew it onto your sash the right way up.
Notes from the mom:
This was a great merit badge. My son really got into the programming requirements and had a lot of fun doing it. Free! Wahoo!
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