Global Youth Debates is a collaborative project run by Flat Connnections (http://flatconnections.com)

1. Global Youth Debates
Round 2 Kickoff Meeting
February 4th, 5:30 p.m. EST/ February 5th, 2014 9:30 a.m. AEDT
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2. Agenda
Eva Brown – Project Manager
Julie Lindsay – Flat Connections
S Welcome
S Timeline
S Research
S Join the Edmodo Community!
S Website Resources
S To Do Now!
S Judges Wanted!

3. Welcome!
Global Youth Debates
opens eyes and hearts
as students debate on
an issue that will bring
together diverse ideas,
develop transferable
skills and create
lasting friendships.
http://globalyouthdebates.com | http://flatconnections.com

4. Semester 1
highlights
Vienna IS, Austria
• ‘Edmodo’
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International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo. Japan
handshakes and
conversations!
Global connections
Teacher Boot
camps
Voicethread
Debating across
the world!

5. What IS Global Youth
Debates?
S Researched, authoritative
debate for Gr 4-12
S Global themes and debate
topics – Teams are
encouraged to take a global
perspective
S Debate that leads to
ACTION – make plans to
change the world
https://twitter.com/DebateGlobal
https://www.facebook.com/globalyouthdebates

6. GYD – Debating into Action

7. Semester 2 is here!
S TIMELINE
S RESEARCH
S GLOBAL
S TO DO
COMMUNITY

8. Timeline
Find the TIMELINE info under
DEBATE menu on the website
www.globalyouthdebates.com
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February-March:
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Prelim. Debate #2 - Feb 10 28
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Judging - March 1 – 7
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March-April
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Debate Round 2 - March 10 28
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Judging Round 2 - March 29 April 4
S April –May
S Debate Semi-Finals - April 7
- 25
S Judging April 26 - May 2
S Debate Finals - Live online
sometime between May 5 9
S Celebration of Semester 2
- around May 13

9. Global Community
Find the EDMODO info under
COLLABORATION menu on the
website
www.globalyouthdebates.com
S EDMODO
S HANDSHAKES
S CONVERSATIONS
S SHARING IDEAS –
RESPONDING TO
PROMPTS

10. Research
Find the RESEARCH info under
RESEARCH menu on the website
www.globalyouthdebates.com
S DIIGO
S TAG DICTIONARY
S STRATEGIES
S PURPOSE

11. How to use Diigo Resources
Social bookmarking as Research Tool a la Diigo
@http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_TTiG/socialbookmarking.pdf
BookMarking Roles
@http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_TTiG/Online_Only/socialbookmarkingroles.pdf
Social Bookmarking Annotation Checklist
@http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_TTiG/sharedannotationchecklist.pdf
Shared annotation Directions for Students
@http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_TTiG/Online_Only/diigosharedannotationdirectionsforstudents.pdf
Diigo Directions for Students
@http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_TTiG/Online_Only/diigosocialbookmarkingdirectionsforstudents.pdf
Reflecting on Diigo BookMarks
@http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_TTiG/reflectingondiigo.pdf

12. What else?
S COMMUNICATION
S Google Spreadsheet shared with you to connect directly
http://bit.ly/Mo0n4M
S Google group – teacher messages via email
S Edmodo teacher group
S COLLABORATION
S Contribute, reliable global learning based on effective
communication
S CREATION
S Voicethreads, vibrant debates based on research, globally
minded and competent students and teachers

13. Badges -Teachers & Students
Flat Connections will
introduce ‘Badges’ this
semester.
More information coming
soon!
http://credly.com

14. TO DO NOW
Strategies for successful debating!
S Connect Teams
S Live ‘meet up’
Teachers connect and arrange a
recording timeline
via Skype, Google Hangout, or
other tool - Students connect and
share culture, etc.
S Research!
S Prepare for Debate
Bookmark findings in Diigo
Prepare Debate Points and script

15. Website Resources
http://www.globalyouthdebates.com/
S THEME & TOPIC
S BLOG
S INFO for SCHOOLS – Teacher Guide and Welcome
Pack
S DEBATE INFO – teams, voicethreads, Brackets and
more!
S MEETING RECORDINGS & BOOTCAMPS

16. Judges Wanted!
S Read all about being a JUDGE for Global Youth
Debates
http://www.globalyouthdebates.com/#!judges/cz8s
S Training provided
S Each school asked to provide ONE or more judges
for each round

17. A word about:
Teams and Time Management
S A TEAM = 3 students
S A SUPPORT GROUP– can be an activity group or a
class
S Each debate can have different students in the TEAM
S You are asked to observe the DEBATE PROTOCOLS
and DEBATE FORMAT – this is important!

18. Debate Format

19. DEBATE PROTOCOL
S Remember – Simulated LIVE debate using an asynchronous
format
S Use of technology – we know things can go wrong – some
practice and patience needed
S ELEVEN A debate round between two teams will be judged
and scored if it is complete only. An incomplete debate
round (1 or more missing responses) will have judges
comments but no scores attributed.
S TWELVE If one or both teams are unable to continue, the
opposing team does not 'win' by default. In this case the
team able to continue will be acknowledged and both
teams added to the 'play it again' debates in the next
round.

20. ONE ‘LAST’ REQUEST
School/team handshake
S Please send pictures!
S Please send videos!
S Please send greetings to the world!
We want to feature these on the website!

21. Questions??
Contact Eva Brown or Julie Lindsay
ebrownorama@gmail.com
lindsay.julie@gmail.com

22. More than a book……..
A Journey into Learning
Join our teacher network,
http://flatconnections.net
Available from Amazon – hard copy and Kindle versions

23. What’s the Other Story?
Theme for the
Flat Connections Conference
Sydney, June 2014
Students, teachers, leaders at the same live event!
http://flatconnections.com

24. Flat Connections
The new portal for global projects, global teacher PD and global live
events http://flatconnections.com