We will be holding a digital tournament via Zoom to end the 2019-2020 season.
Here is some preliminary information to help you begin planning for this tournament:
Name: OCDL End of Year Online Tournament
Date: Saturday, May 23rd
Time: 8am-4pm
Platform: Zoom
Number of Rounds: 4
Topics:
Keeping endangered species in captivity does more good than harm.
USMCA is better than NAFTA.
The internet should be a public utility.
On balance, distance learning is better than traditional learning.
Changes – Because of the digital format, the following changes from standard OCDL tournaments will occur:
- No judge training will occur at the tournament
- No preparation time, beyond the time it takes to distribute students into various debate rooms, will be given
- Students will not be required to copy their arguments/cases to colored paper and will be allowed to read directly from printed papers or electronic devices if they choose
- Students will be encouraged to self-time
- A modified rubric has been created and will be distributed. The presentation column of the rubric will state expectations for online presentation skills
- There will be no awards ceremony
- Awards will be reduced and announced by email or published to the OCDL website
- Ballot distribution and return will require judges to submit their scores directly to Tabroom
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Mark Hobbs at mhobbs@ocdl.org or Bora Oztekin at boztekin@ocdl.org.
