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How to create a level discussion field in schools: 7 reasons to use Discuto before you start a classroom discussion.

Submitted by Hannes Leo on 2014-10-20

We all know discussions at schools, high schools and universities that are based on books, articles, reports, news, etc.  In the best case such discussions enrich our views on the issues, help us to deal with and understand the chain of arguments behind diverging views and educate us in the art of deliberation.

While the potential merits are obvious, it is a challenge for teachers to organise, moderate and evaluate such discussions as the classroom is far from being an ideal environment for this:

How the DEOS got off the ground using Discuto

Submitted by Hannes Leo on 2014-08-27

DEOS have become a well heard voice in Bulgarian politics. Given that the party was founded only a couple of months ago, this came as a surprise to many observers and was far from obvious back in February when Darin Stoykov - one of the founders of DEOS -  first found out about Discuto in the Chrome webstore.

Which new features would you like to see on Discuto?

Submitted by Hannes Leo on 2014-08-06

We are trying hard to make Discuto better and with your help we have done so already but your feedback is essential in this endeavor. Over the past months we have been discussing ongoing work and new features with you personally or on “Discuss Discuto”. Thank you very much for your input!

Based on our conversation with you, we created a a list of new feature that we might implement. Please help us make the right decisions by voting and commenting on these suggestions.  

How the discuto consensus meter works

Submitted by Alfred Taudes on 2014-05-13

A well know danger of partipatory decision making is the "design by committee phenomen", a term "used to refer to suboptimal traits that such a process may produce as a result of having to compromise between the requirements and viewpoints of the participants, particularly in the presence of poor leadership or poor technical knowledge, such as needless complexity, internal inconsistency, logical flaws, banality, and the lack of a unifying vision." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee).

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