Saturday, August 16, 2014

Debate - WSDC - Drones are a Legitimate Tool of Foreign Policy - Canada vs. South Africa - WSDC 2014 Semifinal


Debate - WSDC - Drones are a Legitimate Tool of Foreign Policy - Canada vs. South Africa - WSDC 2014 Semifinal from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THBT drones are a legitimate tool of foreign policy.
Proposition - Canada
Opposition - South Africa

Semifinal debate, held at Anglo Singapore International School, Bangkok.

This video was made at the 2014 WSDC that took place in Thailand in August 2014. The video was produced in cooperation with World Schools Debating Championship Thailand 2014, the World Debate Institute, and the Debate Central website (http://debate.uvm.edu ) founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/ , the Lawrence Debate Union http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/ and the University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/ , and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Debate - WSDC - ASEAN Political Union is an Impossible Dream - South Africa vs. England - WSDC 2014 Finals


Debate - WSDC - ASEAN Political Union is an Impossible Dream - South Africa vs. England - WSDC 2014 Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This House Believes that an ASEAN political union is an impossible dream.
Final Round, at United Nations Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
South Africa - Proposition
England - Opposition
The decision of the judges is at the end of the video.

This video was made at the 2014 WSDC that took place in Thailand in August 2014. The video was produced in cooperation with World Schools Debating Championship Thailand 2014, the World Debate Institute, and the Debate Central website (http://debate.uvm.edu ) founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/ , the Lawrence Debate Union http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/ and the University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/ , and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Lecture - General - Introduction to Recruiting Debaters - Snider - WSDA 2014


Lecture - General - Introduction to Recruiting Debaters - Snider - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is the first part of a talk given to school teachers about how to recruit debaters for their programs. Given by Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - General - Introduction to Starting a Debate Program - Snider - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider


Lecture - General - Introduction to Starting a Debate Program - Snider - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a short talk with school teachers about how to start a debate program, given by Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - General - Does the 1st World Owe the 3rd World an Upgrade? - Huba - WSDA 2014


Lecture - General - Does the 1st World Owe the 3rd World an Upgrade? - Huba - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is an elective class held by Matus Huba of Slovakia.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - Media Autonomy - Podgornik - WSDA 2014


Lecture - Media Autonomy - Podgornik - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

An elective class on media autonomy presented by Jernej Podgornik of Slovenia.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - Schools - Schools Debate in Singapore - Creffield - WSDA 2014


Lecture - Schools - Schools Debate in Singapore - Creffield - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A lecture to schools teachers about schools and debating in Singapore given by Geetha Creffield of Singapore.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - Schools - Schools Debate in the USA - Timmons - WSDA 2014


Lecture - Schools - Schools Debate in the USA - Timmons - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Aaron Timmons, Greenhill School, Texas, USA talks to a group of schools teachers about what debating is like for student and teachers in the USA.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Debate - WSDC - Prioritize Social Inequality over Economic Growth - Finals - WSDA 2014


Debate - WSDC - Prioritize Social Inequality over Economic Growth - Finals - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This house believes that governments should prioritize policies that reduce social inequality over economic growth.

Prop - USA Blue - Danny DeBois, Sara Evall, Tiana Menon
Opp - Slovenia/USA - Egon Persak, Urh Lukhman, Graham Baker

Judges: Matus Huba (Slovakia), Geetha Creffield (Singapore), Julia Mikic (Croatia), Michelle Fennell (UK), Sergey Naumof (Russia)

4-1 win for Prop USA Blue

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - WSDC - Principle & Persuasion - Snider - WSDA 2014


Lecture - WSDC - Principle & Persuasion - Snider - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A lecture for the advanced group at WSDA 2014 by Alfred Snider.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - WSDC - Judging in WSDC Style - Creffield - WSDA 2014


Lecture - WSDC - Judging in WSDC Style - Creffield - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Geetha Creffield of Singapore briefs those in the trainer/coach workshop on WSDC style judging.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - WSDC - WInning on Principle - Dobranic - WSDA 2014


Lecture - WSDC - WInning on Principle - Dobranic - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A lecture delivered by world's top speaker Filip Dobranic on the promises and perils of using principle in debates.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/

Lecture - WSDC - Framing the Debate - Dobranic - WSDA 2014


Lecture - WSDC - Framing the Debate - Dobranic - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.
This is a lecture to the advanced group by WSDC & WSDC ESL top speaker and European ESL champion Filip Dobranic of Slovenia.

This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia.

WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended.

The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html

This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfred C."Tuna" Snider. The Technical Advisors are Andrew Hendrickson and Wesley Wright. The Business Manager is Lionel Palardy.

Raw archive of debate videos for download
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/