Debates
Summary
Materials
Instructional Activities and Classroom Assessments
- Debate 1 (25 minutes)
- Debate 2 (25 minutes)
- You will repeat this procedure every day until you have finished all the debates. Students who are not involved in the debate should be taking notes.
Learning Objectives
- IOC-1.A Explain how an effect of a computing innovation can be both beneficial and harmful.
- IOC-1.B Explain how a computing innovation can have an impact beyond its intended purpose.
- IOC-1.C Describe issues that contribute to the digital divide.
- IOC-1.D Explain how bias exists in computing innovations.
- IOC-1.E
- IOC-1.F Explain how the use of computing can raise legal and ethical concerns.
- IOC-2.A Describe the risks to privacy from collecting and storing personal data on a computer system.
- IOC-2.B Explain how computing resources can be protected and can be misused.
- IOC-2.C
Essential Knowledge
Details
1. Debate 1 (25 minutes)
- Randomly select one of the debate topics.
- Determine who team 1 and team 2 are.
- Flip a coin:
- Heads = Team 1 = for the proposition
- Tails = Team 2 = against the proposition
- Conduct the debate for Topic 1.
2. Debate 1 (25 minutes)
- Randomly select one of the debate topics.
- Determine who team 1 and team 2 are.
- Flip a coin:
- Heads = Team 1 = for the proposition
- Tails = Team 2 = against the proposition
- Conduct the debate for Topic 2.