Debate Reflection

I have pretty significantly mixed feelings about this debate project we just did. I love the idea of having some sort of a verbal debate on a specific topic but I don't like the way it was done. I would have preferred a less formal way of approaching it. I would have preferred something along the lines of a round table discussion where everyone was recquired to speak at least once or something along those lines. The fact of the matter is that if I wanted to do debate like that, I would have taken debate. I find it nerve racking to get up there and talk in front of the entire class. I would have loved to have debated if it was less formal or if less people were watching. Along with this, the actual debate questions were poorly structured in my opinion. Took my group a decent amount of time to actually figure out what kind of evidence we should be pulling to support our side of the argument. I know for a fact the other group ran into a similar problem. All in all it was a good idea but I'd like it to be less formal should we decide to do it in the future.