28
August
This seems to be a little further in production then the scanner posted earlier this week http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/dual-screen-gscreen-laptop-gets-pictured-hopefully-launching-th/ While it is definitely pricey, it could help someone flowing and doing paperless on the same device, and would definitely be nice for cutting cards.
27
August
1. You don’t need to see your opponents evidence until after the speech- I’m sure this will be controversial as every time I mention this in polite conversation I’m blasted for it. People seem to be very concerned with how paperless squads will get evidence to the other team for reading/if they give it all [...]
19
August
Here are a bunch of random thoughts I have had about paperless, comments/suggestions etc. from others who are going to make the jump this summer appreciated. First, some changes I think would be useful for file production for paperless teams after playing around with it this summer 1. Fonts etc.- I was devastated at my [...]
10
August
There is an interesting discussion occurring on the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association Forum (the successor to the long-running and incomparable MN Debate Web) about the debate community’s norms regarding disclosure of citations. Dan Kauppi, the debate coach at Eden Prairie High School, proposes that the existing norm in favor of disclosure of citations be replaced [...]
29
July
The starting premise of this thought experiment is that technology should adapt to people. Debaters have quite well adapted various technological advances to be used for debate purposes, but this has also changed the nature of what we refer to when we think of debate. Someone not involved in a debate might conceptualize of it [...]
7
July
Whitman’s nationally recognized debate team fundamentally changed what debating looks like this semester by ditching their 40 pound plastic tubs and thousands of pages of evidence for sleek dell laptops. Whitman’s team is the first college to fully transition to paperless debate. — Gary Wang, The Pioneer While the University of Denver was the first [...]