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Gemini Notebook maps claims with citations to source spans. You correct it for balance, then it drafts the pack.
Upload sources
Map the claims
Correct the matrix
Draft the pack
Check and finish
Use: You
The balanced public transport-policy sources, the debate question and the discussion rules. Upload them to a new notebook.
Check the topic is fictional or approved-public and age-appropriate. Use only the balanced sources. Check your class data policy allows the upload.
Use: Gemini Notebook
Ask for a claim-evidence matrix with evidence strength, each claim cited to a source span.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Draft balanced claim-evidence matrix with citations to source spans. Map the competing claims on the debate question. For each claim: state it, cite the source span that supports it, note the evidence strength, and name the strongest counterclaim from the opposing sources. Cover both positions and keep unresolved items visible.
Use: You
Add missing counterclaims, fix evidence-strength calls and keep unresolved items.
Check fairness and that the topic suits the age group.
Use: Gemini Notebook
Ask for role cards, timed rounds, evidence requirements tied to the matrix and reflection prompts.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Draft debate pack with evidence requirements, role cards and reflection prompts, unresolved items retained. Using only this corrected matrix, draft the debate pack: role cards for both positions, timed rounds, evidence requirements that tie every argument to a cited matrix claim, and reflection prompts for the debrief. Keep unresolved items visible.
Use: You
Check the finished pack against the goal stated at the top before any classroom use.
Check the pack against the goal stated at the top. Approve respectful rules and a learning-focused, not winner-focused, debrief. Claim mapping and pack drafting rest on the teacher's gates; no official wording confirms either operation.
ChatGPT argues each position in a separate chat, then builds the balanced matrix and pack. You check each stage.
Have sources ready
Draft case one
File and open fresh chat
Draft case two
Check both cases
Build the matrix
Approve the matrix
Draft the pack
Check the pack
Use: You
The balanced public transport-policy sources, the debate question and the discussion rules.
Use only the balanced sources. Check your class data policy allows the upload.
Use: ChatGPT
In an isolated chat, give the sources and ask for the strongest possible case for position one only.
What to paste into the tool
Task: One-sided case file for position one: claims, supporting evidence and counterpoints it must answer. The balanced sources are uploaded in this chat. Argue position one on the debate question only. Give its strongest claims, the supporting evidence from these sources, and the counterpoints this side must answer. Do not argue the other side.
Use: You
Store the position-one case outside the working chat. Open a fresh chat holding only the sources and the question.
Check the new chat has no position-one material in it.
Use: ChatGPT
In the fresh isolated chat, give the sources and ask for the strongest possible case for position two only.
What to paste into the tool
Task: One-sided case file for position two: claims, supporting evidence and counterpoints it must answer. The balanced sources are uploaded in this chat. Argue position two on the debate question only. Give its strongest claims, the supporting evidence from these sources, and the counterpoints this side must answer. Do not argue the other side.
Use: You
Check each one-sided case against the sources. Keep both case files for the next step.
Each case is deliberately one-sided; balance comes from the matrix that sees both.
Use: ChatGPT
Paste both checked case files. Ask for a balanced claim-evidence matrix with the counterclaims each case omits.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Balanced claim-evidence matrix from the two one-sided case files below. Using only these two case files, build the claim-evidence matrix: each claim with its supporting evidence from the sources, and the counterclaims each case omits. Keep unresolved items visible. Do not argue for either side.
Use: You
Compare every claim and counterclaim in the matrix with the two checked case files. Approve the matrix before any pack drafting.
Every claim and counterclaim matches the two checked case files; the matrix is fair and age-appropriate.
Use: ChatGPT
Paste the approved matrix. Ask for role cards, timed rounds, evidence requirements tied to the matrix and reflection prompts.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Draft debate pack with evidence requirements, role cards and reflection prompts, unresolved items retained. Using only this teacher-approved matrix, draft the debate pack: role cards for both positions, timed rounds, evidence requirements that tie every argument to a matrix claim, and reflection prompts for the debrief. Keep unresolved items visible.
Use: You
Check the finished pack against the goal stated at the top before any classroom use.
Check the pack against the goal at the top. Approve respectful rules and a fair, learning-focused, not winner-focused, debrief.
You read the sources and build the balanced claim-evidence matrix yourself. Claude only drafts roles, rounds and prompts.
Build the matrix
Draft the pack
Check and finish
Use: You
Have ready: the balanced public transport-policy sources, the debate question and the discussion rules. Build the matrix: claims with source spans, counterclaims, limits.
Check the topic is fictional or approved-public, age-appropriate and balanced. Mark unresolved-evidence claims. Check your data policy allows the paste.
Use: Claude
Paste the matrix. Ask for role cards, timed rounds, evidence requirements tied to the matrix and reflection prompts.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Draft debate pack with evidence requirements, role cards and reflection prompts, unresolved items retained. Using only this teacher-approved matrix, draft the debate pack: role cards for both positions, timed rounds, evidence requirements that tie every argument to a matrix claim, and reflection prompts for the debrief. Keep unresolved items visible. Paste the matrix into the chat, or upload it as a document in your project.
Use: You
Check the finished pack against the goal stated at the top before any classroom use.
Activity and protocol drafting are unevidenced; the check against the goal stated at the top carries the review load.
Best when: You want to audit fairness by following citations
What it does: Sources uploaded once; Gemini Notebook maps and drafts
Strong at: Every claim cites the source span behind it
Limit: Retrieval may not draw on every source; you add counterclaims
Free plan: Yes, limited (notebook and source caps)
Best when: You want each side argued at full strength
What it does: ChatGPT argues and builds; you check each stage
Strong at: Each side is argued without seeing the other
Limit: Needs several separate chats and checks
Free plan: Yes, limited (uploads and data analysis)
Best when: You want full control over fairness
What it does: You build the matrix; Claude drafts the pack
Strong at: Fairness judgements stay yours; the assistant sees only the approved matrix
Limit: You build the whole matrix yourself
Free plan: Yes, limited (5-hour and weekly usage caps)
Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.
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Teacher confirms the topic is fictional or approved-public and age-appropriate before any drafting.
Teacher approves respectful rules and a learning-focused rather than winner-focused debrief.
The finished pack is checked against the goal stated at the top before classroom use.
Gemini Notebook needs a Google Account above the age of consent; under-18 accounts have stricter content policies.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.