by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 2, 2009 | Research Tips
I told the debaters in my club at Vector to sign up for something using an RSS feed. Question begged: what’s an RSS feed? If you already use one, skip this post. If you want a really easy way to keep track of blogs, news alerts, twitter, someone’s youtube...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 15, 2009 | Research Tips
I was a power IE 7 user for years. I especially loved tabbed browsing and that it DIDN’T pop up an annoying box when you download stuff. Then I heard about Firefox’s add-ons…tried it…and now I’m hooked. Mrs. A is not so take it for what...
by firewire | Sep 7, 2009 | Research Tips
You’ve probably been told at some point in your debate career that the last place you want to research is google. I certainly have. And to some extent, that’s true. If I were to type in say “carbon tax” into the google search bar, I’d get...
by Dr. Srader | Jul 3, 2008 | Coaching, Featured, Guest Posts, Research Tips
Just to shore up my credibility, I’m going to give you a bit of biography. If I can, I’m going to keep that part to one short paragraph, and then I’ll get to the good stuff. I was an extremely mediocre debater in high school. In four years, I never...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 24, 2007 | Research Tips
The value of a tag should be viewed in light of a tag’s purpose. There are really two types of “tags,” according to some, though we usually call only one of them the tag. (1) The bold statement above a quotation that summarizes the quotation. (2) An...
