Oral+Assessment

Use this page to organise your grouping for the Oral Assessment

**Example Topic: Survelliance technology**
 * Chairperson**: Big Brother
 * Panellists**: Scientist, City Planner, Politician, Man in the street, Criminal, Human Rights Watch, Domestic Foreign Worker, Working Mother, Chief Anderton (from //Minority Report//)
 * Key Question**: Has surveillance technology improved our lives? OR Does privacy exist today?
 * Research**: [|Development of ST and Abuse (European)] etc.etc.

The chairperson needs to introduce the topic for discussion and this involves providing a context, appropriate definitions as well as summarising pertinent areas of focus. He needs to ask the KEY QUESTION as well. If we use the analogy of an essay, the Chairperson functions like the Introduction paragraph. Keep the introduction short, up to 1.5 mins at the most. He is also the cohesive devices holding the different paragraphs together, sometimes playing the role of a rhetorical question that opens a new paragraph or a signpost that turns the argument in the opposite direction. He controls the flow and direction of the arguments and manages the time. At the end of the prepared segment, he needs to pull together the disparate points into a coherent summary. He will also facilitate the Q&A, determining which questions to ask and how long the answers should be. Where necessary, he needs to step in and ask the panellists to conclude their replies. If no one asks any questions, the Chairperson must supply the questions or direct invitations to the panellists to address specific issues. For a good idea of what an effective chairperson is, go to the Term 2 iVLE record book and watch the Doha debates. You were all very impressed with the Chairman of the debate on torture. While you are not required to paly the devil's advocate and grill and corner the panellists, you are certainly welcome to imitate the chairperson's style and confidence with which he facilitated the session. For all his efforts, the Chairperson stands to earn up to 2 CPs. Not bad for a 40 mins workout!
 * Chairperson's job**

Chairperson: Chen Xu panellists: Soh Cheong Keat (Protester against eugenics), Ziyuan (Husband whose child (diagnosed with Tay-Sachs) was aborted), Xiaochun (Supporter of eugenics), Xin Xin (HR expert) Key Question: Eugenics: A benefit or a disaster to mankind. Roles: Supporter of eugenics, Protester against eugenics, Husband whose child (diagnosed with Tay-Sachs) was aborted, Human rights expert, Modern eugenics (genetic engineering) expert
 * Group 1: Eugenics (Wk 7 Fri)**

Chairperson: Zhu Han panellists: Juan Lih, Chen Xu, Bai Feng, Xu Jie, Nelson, Wen Hao, Lim Kiat (Scientist) Key Question: Is Nano the way to go?
 * Group 2: Nanotechnology (Wk 8 Fri)**

Chairperson: Bing Lin panellists: Timothy Tan(Chief of Homeland Security), Timothy Tay(environmentalist), Kai Chin(economist), Chi Chian(Health Expert), Guo Xin(Normal Citizen), Bing Lin(World Nuclear Association Chairman)
 * Group 3: Nuclear Energy (completed) **

Chairperson: Bai Feng panellists: Jeff(religious philosopher), Chen Jiesheng(government representative), Zhu Han, Zhiwen, Wang Yuge(cilvilian benefited from AI), Wei Ze (AI scientist) Key Question: AI: Boon or Bane?
 * Group 4: Artificial Intelligence (Wk 8 Wed)**

Chairperson: Jeff Panellists: Daniel(Farmer), Yuping(Scientist), Zhiyuan(Protestor against GM Food), Yu Ann(Common civilian),Hong Wei( WHO? ), Bohan ( Supporter of GM Food :D) Key Question: Genetically Modified Foods: Boon or Bane? Research: The development of GM food and the harmful/beneficial effects it brings about.
 * Group 5: GM Foods (completed) **