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[|aMap][[image:amap.jpg align="right" link="http://www.amap.org.uk/"]]
aMap is a very cool site that allows people to communicate various sides of an idea. The underlying structuring of aMaps is based around “informal logic” - this is the logic people use to argue in everyday life. Informal logic has a four-tiered structure: - Your position (I think . . .) - what you think overall - Propositions (Because . . .) - reasons that support your position - Arguments (As . . .) - supporting arguments that back up each of your propositions - Evidence (Supported by . . .) - supporting evidence to back up your arguments aMaps canbe used in the classroom / seminar room to help students improve / develop their reasoning and critical thinking in their essay writing and verbal communication. Embeddable in wikis, blogs and websites.

Create Debate[[image:starSean.gif link="@http://www.createdebate.com/"]][[image:cd_logo_nobeta.png align="right" link="http://www.createdebate.com/"]]
-a social tool that democratizes the decision-making process through online debate.
 * Find a debate you care about.
 * Read arguments and vote the best up and the worst down.
 * Earn points and become a thought leader!
 * Moderate the discussion

[|DebateGraph]
in their own words..

Debategraph is:

(1) A wiki debate visualization tool that lets you: (2) A web-based, creative commons project to increase the transparency and rigor of public debate everywhere—by making the collective insight and intelligence of the global community freely available to all and filtering out the noise. (3) A global graph of all the debates that enables us to visualise and deepen our understanding of the ways in which different debates are semantically interrelated, and ways in which these interrelated debates shape, and are shaped by, each other. media type="custom" key="3911963"
 * present the strongest case on any debate that matters to you;
 * openly engage the opposing arguments;
 * create and reshape debates, make new points, rate and filter the arguments;
 * monitor the evolution of debates via RSS feeds; and,
 * share and reuse the debates on and offline;
 * Every debate map is provisional and open to iterative improvement by anyone who participates.
 * Over time, the debate maps will mature into the definitive articulations of each debate.
 * Every change you make—whether correcting a text, adding a new argument, or starting a new debate—contributes towards the fulfilment of this social promise.
 * So be bold as a first time visitor—and safe in the knowledge that a full editing history provides a safety net.

[|Opposingviews][[image:ov.gif align="right" link="http://www.opposingviews.com/"]]
Opposing Views has categorized debate channels which are subdivided by specific questions. - good place for students to find opposing viewpoints on a wide variety of public policy and public opinion questions. - can be used as a resource for teaching students lessons about argument organization and recognizing bias and fault in arguments.

[|PowerLeague]
Power League is a versatile resource that lets you ask tough questions, stimulates debate and creates a visual league table based on votes gathered across your group. Start your own league ) or use the existing ones and get voting ...

[|ProCon]
proCon.org is an independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. They provide pros and cons on diverse controversial topics with facts and quotations from thousands of experts. Our sites are 100% free and contain no advertising.

Our mission: **"Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan primarily pro-con format."**

[|Read Write Thinks Persuasion Map]
Map out your argument for a persuasive essay or debate

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