There's quite a lot of renovation going on at the university campus and at the moment the E-wing is cut out from the main building, so you have to take another route to get to our meeting. Here's the map of the campus: http://www.uta.fi/kuvat/yliopisto_paakampus_1105_FIN.pdf
The room E301 is in the E-wing, at the northernmost part of it. Simply walk under the huge tunnel and pass the door the tunnel is connected to until you reach the E-wing. Open the door under the building and climb up until you reach E301. (This door is roughly where the E-wing meets the D-wing, see the picture.) There's some construction going on outside as well, but don't worry, the E-wing doors can be accessed.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
This year's first meeting
Happy new year, everyone!
To kick off 2011, I strongly recommend you to join us in this year's first meeting, Tuesday, 18th of January. I can't wait to debate again! See you there!
To kick off 2011, I strongly recommend you to join us in this year's first meeting, Tuesday, 18th of January. I can't wait to debate again! See you there!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Yet another last meeting before Christmas!
We had so much fun in today's meeting that we decided to meet one last time before Christmas. Next Tuesday, same place, same time.
It would be nice to know, though, how many people are coming, so please drop a comment on Facebook. See you all next week!
It would be nice to know, though, how many people are coming, so please drop a comment on Facebook. See you all next week!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Last Debate Before Christmas
Next week, Tuesday 7th, will be our last debate meeting for this year. We will continue again on January and will post here when the first meeting will be.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
More Training Possibilities
In order to provide society members training possibilities that more match their personal debate goals, we will soon have more training options available. Firstly, there will be an additional meeting formed for those wishing to raise their debating skills to the next level. Secondly, in the Tuesday meetings there will be an option to have your speech recorded on video, and then later be able to download it for your viewing.
Second Meeting
In yesterday's meeting we discussed ways to provide additional training for those interested in either competing, or just improving their skills more and faster.
I suggested that a way to accomplish this is to have extra meetings in addition to the one on Tuesday. It turns out that there is sufficient interest in this and so we will go forth with it.
The plan is as follows:
The Tuesday meetings will remain the same, but additional meetings will be formed. The goal of these additional meetings will be to first determine what aspects people want to train, set goals, and then proceed in reaching them. That is, the approach will be a bit more rigorous than in Tuesday meetings in order to achieve heightened development for those who wish it. In addition for those wishing to compete, we can also arrange to have competitions between, for example, Tampere and Helsinki debating societies sometime during the spring, or whenever people feel they are ready for that. But I also want to emphasize that this is not only for those wishing to compete, just wanting to increase your skills more is enough.
The time and place for the additional meetings will, at least at the beginning, be decided based on what suits the participants best. That is, they can vary. But we can discuss this, and more, once we meet for the first time.
Now, you don't have to be great in debating to take part in this intensive training. The plan is to make you great, all you need is the willingness to put some extra effort in.
Think about it, and if you are interested send me a message either through email or Facebook. We can later decide what is the best venue for deciding meeting times etc. Also if you have any suggestions or comments they are most welcome!
Video Recording
One great way to improve is to see yourself speaking. You can spot what you could improve on and then work on those aspects. In future meetings we will provide everyone with the option to have their speech recorded and available for later downloading online. The video will be made with a webcam so it will not be HDTV quality or anything but sufficient for our purposes. The recording will of course be behind a password, and as such not visible for the whole world. :) And again, this is totally optional, and recordings will only be made from speeches of people who so wish.
Second Meeting
In yesterday's meeting we discussed ways to provide additional training for those interested in either competing, or just improving their skills more and faster.
I suggested that a way to accomplish this is to have extra meetings in addition to the one on Tuesday. It turns out that there is sufficient interest in this and so we will go forth with it.
The plan is as follows:
The Tuesday meetings will remain the same, but additional meetings will be formed. The goal of these additional meetings will be to first determine what aspects people want to train, set goals, and then proceed in reaching them. That is, the approach will be a bit more rigorous than in Tuesday meetings in order to achieve heightened development for those who wish it. In addition for those wishing to compete, we can also arrange to have competitions between, for example, Tampere and Helsinki debating societies sometime during the spring, or whenever people feel they are ready for that. But I also want to emphasize that this is not only for those wishing to compete, just wanting to increase your skills more is enough.
The time and place for the additional meetings will, at least at the beginning, be decided based on what suits the participants best. That is, they can vary. But we can discuss this, and more, once we meet for the first time.
Now, you don't have to be great in debating to take part in this intensive training. The plan is to make you great, all you need is the willingness to put some extra effort in.
Think about it, and if you are interested send me a message either through email or Facebook. We can later decide what is the best venue for deciding meeting times etc. Also if you have any suggestions or comments they are most welcome!
Video Recording
One great way to improve is to see yourself speaking. You can spot what you could improve on and then work on those aspects. In future meetings we will provide everyone with the option to have their speech recorded and available for later downloading online. The video will be made with a webcam so it will not be HDTV quality or anything but sufficient for our purposes. The recording will of course be behind a password, and as such not visible for the whole world. :) And again, this is totally optional, and recordings will only be made from speeches of people who so wish.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
No meeting next Tuesday!
Just reminding everyone that next Tuesday, 19 October, we won't have a meeting due to the unofficial autumn break at the university.
See you all on Tuesday the 26th, in our usual room, E301! We'll have a nice, old-fashioned full debate!
See you all on Tuesday the 26th, in our usual room, E301! We'll have a nice, old-fashioned full debate!
Speech structure material & Feedback form
Our last meeting was a somewhat themed one, since we had our focus on the structure of the debate speech. Here's the material used. The figure is showing the structure that every speech should have. In other words, each of these four parts should be found in each one of the eight speeches in the debate.
I also prepared a form that was meant for my own use when I'm observing a debate and giving feedback. You can find that form here. As you can see, this is not a proper adjudication form, this is simply to keep track of what was in the speeches. So far most people have been lacking signposting, for example, so this is going to help me know exactly if any of the essential parts of the speech are missing.
I wasn't going to publish the feedback form at first, but someone pointed out that it could also work as a useful checklist for the prep time, so you can make sure you have prepared for the essentials. If you want to do this, you can now print one of these for yourself.
I also prepared a form that was meant for my own use when I'm observing a debate and giving feedback. You can find that form here. As you can see, this is not a proper adjudication form, this is simply to keep track of what was in the speeches. So far most people have been lacking signposting, for example, so this is going to help me know exactly if any of the essential parts of the speech are missing.
I wasn't going to publish the feedback form at first, but someone pointed out that it could also work as a useful checklist for the prep time, so you can make sure you have prepared for the essentials. If you want to do this, you can now print one of these for yourself.
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