This document discusses debating the impacts of the Internet. It provides guidance on how to structure a debate, including developing ideas and asking relevant questions. The learning objectives are to generate new ideas and discuss issues raised. The outcome is that participants can have an interesting and challenging discussion to share ideas, discussion, and terminology.

1. The Internet:
a good thing or a bad thing?
Good thing because… Bad thing because…

2. Learning Objectives:
To develop the ideas
we’ve already gathered
and generate new ones
To ask relevant
questions and discuss
issues raised
Outcome:
… we can discuss and
debate in an interesting
and challenging way
So that…
Ideas
Discussion
Terminology

3. Silent debate
• Two sides
• Take the time to respond to
and challenge ideas

4. Question
Grid
Is?/Does?
Present
Did?
Past
Can?
Possibility
Could?
Probability
Will?
Prediction
Might?
Imagination
What?
Event
Where
?
Place
When?
Time
Who?
Person
Why?
Reason
How?
Meaning
First
Second
Improving your questions:
Pick a ‘first’ word, then a ‘second’
word to design better questions

5. Learning Objectives:
To develop the ideas
we’ve already gathered
and generate new ones
To ask relevant
questions and discuss
issues raised
Outcome:
… we can discuss and
debate in an interesting
and challenging way
So that…
Ideas
Discussion
Terminology

6. Most compelling ideas and
arguments…
• Feedback the most interesting points that
were made.
• Remember:
Ideas
Discussion
Terminology
Sound like an
expert!

7. Learning Objectives:
To develop the ideas
we’ve gathered
To ask relevant
questions and discuss
issues raised
Outcomes:
… we can discuss and
debate in an interesting
and challenging way
…we can write a
persuasive piece
So that…
Ideas
Discussion
Persuasion
Terminology