Follow-up: Laptop Computers and Debate

November 14, 2006

in Debate Tech, Reader Polls

Last month our poll question was: Should debaters be allowed to use laptop computers during debate rounds? You said:

52% No
45% Yes
03% No Opinion

In September, the NFL Executive Committee defeated a proposal, 0-9, that would have allowed laptop computers to be used in CX, LD, and Public Forum Debate. The committee then approved a proposal, 5-3-1, for a one year trial program in 2006-07 to “allow laptop computers in Policy Debate at the NFL National Tournament using University Interscholastic League guidelines.”

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