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But we think there are some other very interesting ways to use this resource. You could re-enact one or more of the debates transcribed in the Danger in the Construction Zone section to stage a WebDev 2000 session at your own campus. Invite discussion and encourage the participants to create (or choose from) campus-specific "calls for action." All activities for each separate topic could be accomplished in under 40 minutes; so mini WebDev 2000 sessions can even fit into regularly scheduled meetings.

In fact, if you teach courses related to these topics, you could have students enact the debates. They can work in groups to add arguments to each side. Note that we tried to present each side as the "positive" position and resisted finding the middle ground during the debates -- encourage students to do the same. Students could certainly explore the links for learning more about each topic, and create documents that help us answer the question, "What do we need to learn?" or that help us accomplish the goals set out for the next year.

Finally, if there are topics you find important that were not addressed at WebDev 2000, we could employ this format to create a new "session" with debaters developing the opposing viewpoints, others adding additional arguments or contributing to an on-line discussion, and finally developing a "call for action." Let us know what you think.

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