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Satellite Communications

Orbital Needs of Canadian Telecommunications

Extensions

Invite a guest speaker such as a union or government negotiator or lawyer to discuss overall goals, objectives and tips and techniques of effective negotiation.

Invite a guest speaker who is a Member of Parliament or legislative assembly, debate coach, or member of the senior debate team to talk about how to carry out an effective debate.

Assessment

Negotiation
Some components of negotiation to consider assessing are:

1. Content: In a negotiation, students are expected to be able to use the information they've researched to work towards a common agreement. Choose several key points that you want them to have mastered and watch for those points to appear in their discussions. This could form the assessment for the content portion of the negotiation. You could also call in their research notes or concept maps for assessment. (See the resource Space Age Telecommunications in Canada for details on assessing concept maps.)
   
   
2. Presentation: The usual criteria for good oral presentation applies to negotiation. The debater must be audible, appear confident, and the voice should be interesting.
   
   
3. Organization: Visible, clear organization is vital to a successful negotiation.
   
   
4. Outcome: The purpose of a negotiation is to arrive at a solution to a problem where everyone involved comes away with the sense of winning what he or she needs. It is through this type of resolution that animosity is reduced and a spirit of co-operation and trust is developed. Although winning what you want regardless of what others obtain may appear as the best solution, loser have long memories and subsequent negotiations with them will be difficult. The following table gives a range of possible outcomes with the most beneficial being the Win/Win.
   
   

Debate Assessment
Some components of debate to consider assessing are:

1. Content: In this debate students are expected to be able to use the information they've researched to create their arguments. Choosing several key points that you want them to have mastered and watching for those points to appear in their arguments. This could form the assessment for the content portion of the debate. You could also call in their research notes or concept maps for assessment. (See the resource Space Age Telecommunications in Canada for details on assessing concept maps.)
   
   
2. Presentation: The usual criteria for good oral presentation apply to debate as well. The debater must be audible, appear confident, and the voice should be interesting. A pace of speaking that is not too fast or too slow is also important.
   
   
3. Organisation: Visible, clear organization is vital to successful debating speech. Because the essence of debate is controversy, it is essential that whomever is charged with assessing the debate be able to discern exactly which points are being made and how the arguments have been answered. Each speech should have a clear beginning, middle and end. The transitions between arguments should be clear. The conclusion needs to be both a summary of the team's arguments and the debate to that point and an emphatic appeal for support.
   
   
4. Rebuttal: Question to ask when assessing the rebuttal: “Does the debater address both the rebuilding of their argument and succeed in neutralising all important opposition arguments?”