LibraryRemix

This visual/concept based Wiki strives to “make arguements on all sides of any public debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all.”  More than an interesting application of Web 2.0 technology, this tool actually engages students in the behavior it takes to critically think!  The tool would be great for students who want to prepare for debate, forensics, or even classroom discussion.   When users “create and reshape debates, make new points, and rate/filter arguements,” a community develops around them that encourages deeper level thinking.  As the site notes, this creative commons project promises 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….[enabling] 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.

Tags: community, critical thinking, debate, wiki

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