The goal of this article is to illuminate the ways technology can make debate easier and more efficient. The tips range from basic (but absolutely essential) like using Verbatim, to advanced and creative tips like our suggestions vis-à-vis spell check. If you’re new to debate, haven’t put a lot of time into thinking about tech and debate, or feel overwhelmed, I suggest you check out just tips (1) on Verbatim, and (10) on timers. Everything else ranges from intermediate to advanced, and you can come back to check it out when you’re more comfortable. Below the fold are all 10 tech tips to improve your debating.
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Author: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming director of debate.
After judging several of the UW online practice debates and watching even more, I’ve started to give some of the same feedback more than a few times. I wanted to consolidate my most common feedback here to benefit everyone. Below the fold, I’ve got 6 tips that I’ve said more than once over the last week and a half. Author: Ki Radcliffe, University of Wyoming debater
Judge adaptation is an incredibly important skill to have no matter what style of debate you are doing. At the end of the round it is only up to one person to decide who wins. While you may think you are clearly winning an argument if you are unwilling to adapt to your judge’s preferences and philosophy then you may end up losing. Keep reading for a quick overview on how to best adapt to your judge. Author: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming Director of Debate
Lexi Pritchard of Cheyenne East asks a great question: what should and shouldn’t you be flowing in policy? The message we usually impart on novices is “flow everything.” It’s a message that makes sense given we’re often trying to convince students to flow at all. However, the real answer is a little more complicated. I’d like to address the question of how to flow comprehensively, so I’m going to start with the basics and work my way up to some advanced tips. If you want to jump to the most on point answer to Lexi’s question, skip down to the “What to Flow: What ‘Sets the Order’”, but I highly advise you to read the entire article. A lot of the language used in this article will be oriented around policy, as that was Lexi’s question, but all of the tips and flowing strategy apply equally in PF and LD. Author: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming Director of Debate
Cross-x is one of my parts of debate, so I have a lot to say about it. This cross-x skills post is broken up into three posts. The first post provided an overview of the purpose of cross-x and types of questions. The second post broke down my most important big picture tips for cross-x. This final post is about more specific do’s and don’ts.. This post bats clean-up in our cross-x series, with a couple of important observations about frequent mistakes in CX that can be easily fixed. Here are 8 more tips for upping your CX game: Author: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming Director of Debate
Cross-x is one of my favorite and one of the most important parts of debate, so I have a lot to say about it. This cross-x skills post is broken up into three posts. The first part provided an overview of the purpose of cross-x and types of questions. The theory of cross-x provided there is useful to understand this post, which will break down specific tips for upping your cross-x game. This post will focus on the 5 most important big picture lessons for cross-x. The final post in this series will deal with more specific and particular tips. If you read just one post in this series, I would make it this one. Author: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming Director of Debate
Cross-x is one of my favorite and one of the most important parts of debate, so I have a lot to say about it. This cross-x skills post will be broken up into three posts. The first part will provide an overview of the purpose of cross-x and types of questions, setting up the second and third parts. The theory of cross-x provided here will be useful to understand both the second and third post, which will break down specific tips for upping your cross-x game. |
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