Logan Scisco, the new social studies teacher at Danville High School, experienced an interesting turn of events when  his class was invited to a debate in an auditorium hundreds of miles away while also staying right at home. The state of the art technology used to make this exchange possible wasn’t some teleportation device, but, in fact, a service known as Skype.
Skype is a software download requiring Internet access for users to communicate with anyone else by voice, video, and instant messaging.
Scisco and his class were invited by Lakeville North High School in Minnesota to debate whether or not President Obama should implement the New Deal plans. This includes issues like Civilian Conservation Core, the Work Progress Administration and whether these plans would help the economy.
The debate was set up formally where every class took seven students from each AP U.S. History class and asked a series of questions. Danville High School’s AP U.S. History class supported the New Deal while Lakeville North High School’s class argued in negation. Both sides agreed not to declare a winner but when asked, Mr. Scisco said, “I think we won. We did a good job of refuting their ideas.”
Junior Calvin Steber had this to say about the debate, “He [Chappie Couzens] did a good job of disputing Social Security. It was a funny moment when he asked the kid to have his grandmother  live with them instead drawing Social Security.”