I'm really proud of my students.
Week 8 has been a massive learning curve for them. They are in the depths of researching for their first class debate. Our proposition statement is "Books are better than Chromebooks for learning". The students have been divided into 6 teams of 4 (randomly drawn). Each team has a captain and 3 main speakers. Each of the main speakers needs to craft a research-based persuasive argument to support their team's position (whether pro or con the proposition statement). The 'research-based' aspect is proving to be a really pertinent challenge for them. Wikipedia, copying/pasting and all forms of plagiarism have been banned (we even have a plagiarism alarm). Students are required to access scholarly information and cite their sources. This has meant they've had to 'unlearn' old habits and recalibrate how they search and acknowledge information online. In order to avoid plagiarism, they've had to learn how to summarise, paraphrase and quote from articles, research papers, presentations, lectures, interviews and news websites.
Our first debate is on Monday. It will be filmed and cut into a highlights reel so watch this space!
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