Abstract
Computer scientists and engineers need now more than ever to complement their technical preparation with non- technical skills. Many ICT degree curricula, however, still offer little non-technical education. Furthermore, even when this happens, these subjects may fail to gather the students’ interest. In this paper, we present a novel teaching method used in a course in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) for ICT students, called Technology Battles, based on debates. Our first results suggest that we were able to make the course’s subject- matter more appealing to otherwise uninterested students; and bridge their initial negative interest bias. While some limitations remain in the ability to measure the obtained results objectively, we think debates might be a viable tool to introduce ICT students to the ambiguous nature of the socio-economic and ethical impacts of the technologies they work with.