Internet JAMBOREE 3rd Asia-Pacific Air-Internet Jamboree

5 – 6 August 2006 To 3rd APR Air/Internet Jamboree

How to take part in the Internet JAMBOREE We have prepared guidelines for young people who wish to join the event. The following details are available at www.scout.or.jp

a. Activities in the Asia-Pacific Internet Jamboree:

– Chatting – Browsing – Email – Voice and Video

b. Technical information; rules of participation; tutorial material, access to software, and more. Leaders and young people are encouraged to learn about the Internet and how to use it safely.

c. Chatting: The most popular activity in the Internet Jamboree. It is the opportunity to communicate worldwide, in real-time, on a number of languages. This service will be provided by ScoutLink www.scoutlink.net on supervised channels which are exclusively for Scouting.

d. To chat on ScoutLink, you require mIRC software. This software is free for 30 days, after which you need to register (with no fee). Once you have the software loaded, you can log onto the ScoutLink channels for the Air-Internet Jamboree. You can download a mIRC user guide from www.scout.or.jp

e. Why not browse the various Scouting websites from the Asia-Pacific Region? You can see what languages they speak, the uniforms they wear and what activities they participate in. Here are examples of web sites you could visit: www.apr.scout.or.jp – Asia-Pacific Region of the World Scout Bureau. Links to all National Scouting web sites of Asia-Pacific members are on this web site. www.scout.or.jp – Scout Association of Japan www.scouts.com.au – Scouts Australia www.scouts.org.nz – Scouting New Zealand www.scout.org.sg – Singapore Scout Association www.scout.org – World Organisation of the Scout Movement.

f. Voice chatting over the internet is an exciting activity. TeamSpeak is the software that allows you to chat with microphone and computer’s soundcard to other Scouts over the internet. Visit www.goteamspeak.com to download the software and www.scout.or.jp to view a user guide.

g. Guest book: Asia-Pacific Internet Jamboree participants are invited to add their greetings to the guestbook.

 

 for more: http://www.3apaijam.scout.or.jp/3apijam.html