About
iPoliSci Workshops is your opportunity to interact with content related to the course.
At the minimum, at least once every two weeks (bi-weekly), you are encouraged to attend a real-time live Zoom workshop of your choice OR review the presentation slides of a workshop of your choice OR watch the recording of the workshop if it is available.
Submission of this assignment is REQUIRED; however, attendance at a real-time live Zoom workshop/meeting is OPTIONAL.
If you are unable or uninterested in attending a real-time live Zoom workshop, you can simply refer to a specific iPoliSci Workshop’s presentation slides to review and submit this assignment OR you can watch a recording of the workshop, if it is available.
Links to workshop video recordings are located on specified webpages or on a slide within the embedded PowerPoint presentations below.
Estimated Time
An estimated 60-90 minutes is needed to complete this activity.
Workshops by Day and Time
Workshops are hosted live on Dr. Josh Franco’s Zoom page
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, unless otherwise stated, during the days and times listed below.
WEDNESDAYS
4:00pm-5:00pm: Coast to Coast with Julie and Josh (specific Wednesdays, registration required, visit Coast to Coast
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)
Some of these live workshops are recorded for later viewing. Links to workshop video recordings are located on specified webpages or on a slide within the embedded PowerPoint presentations below.
Real-Time Live Zoom Workshops
COAST TO COAST WITH JULIE AND JOSH
Visit Coast to Coast (ipolisci.com)
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to view schedule and register to attend.
Coast to Coast is an exploration of current events through an engaging question and answer format with political scientists from the states of Maine and California. During Fall 2022, topics explored include reproductive rights, the Constitution, inflation and the economy, democratic backsliding, Election 2022, and climate change. After an initial round of questions and answers between Julie and Josh, student attendees are invited to ask questions and share their lived experiences and policy views as they relate to the topic.
Hosts:
Julie Mueller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Southern Maine Community College
Josh Franco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cuyamaca Community College
Archived Recordings of Past Workshops
AMERICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
American Political Economy is a workshop series that is focused on defining, exploring, and discussing American Political Economy from the point of view of different individual, group, and organizational entities at the local, state, and national level.
When is the American Political Economy Workshop scheduled?
There are no real-time live workshops for this term.
There are archived video recordings from summer 2022.
Visit American Political Economy (ipolisci.com)
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or iPoliSci – YouTube
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to watch recordings.
CIVIC ENTREPRENEUR
Civic Entrepreneur is a new workshop series that is focused civic entrepreneurship, grassroots organizing, and public policy with diversity, inclusion, and equity at its core.
When is the Civic Entrepreneur Workshop scheduled?
There are no more real-time live works for this term.
View the embedded PowerPoint presentation above for links to recordings from earlier in the term.
CIVIL GRAND JURY LAB
Civil Grand Jury Lab was a workshop series hosted by Dr. Josh Franco that focuses on California’s 58 county civil grand juries. During fall 2022, we will virtually journey to counties throughout California, learn how to navigate their county civil grand jury websites, and review a recent civil grand jury report.
When is the Civil Grand Jury Lab Workshop scheduled?
There are no more real-time live works for this term.
View the embedded PowerPoint presentation above for links to recordings from earlier in the term.
GLOBAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
Global Conflict and Cooperation is a workshop series that is focused on defining, exploring, and discussing global conflict and cooperation from the point of view of different international institutions, country governments, and international non-governmental organizations.
When is the Global Conflict and Cooperation Workshop scheduled?
There are no real-time live workshops for this term.
There are archived video recordings from summer 2021, fall 2021, and summer 2022.
Visit Conflict and Cooperation (ipolisci.com)
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or iPoliSci – YouTube
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to watch recordings.
HOLDING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE
Holding Government Accountable is a workshop series that is focused on how individuals, inside and outside of the government, hold it accountable to the constitution, federal and state laws, and regulations.
When is the Holding Government Accountable Workshop scheduled?
There are no real-time live workshops for this term.
There are archived video recordings from spring 2022.
Visit Holding Govt Accountable (ipolisci.com)
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or iPoliSci – YouTube
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to watch recordings.
MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT
May It Please the Court is a workshop series that is focused on exploring the interaction between the U.S. Supreme Court and federal, state, and/or local policy and political institutions, actors, and behaviors.
When is the May It Please the Court Workshop scheduled?
There are no real-time live workshops for this term.
There are archived video recordings from fall 2021.
Visit May It Please the Court (ipolisci.com)
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or iPoliSci – YouTube
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to watch recordings.
POLIVENTURE!
Poliventure! is a workshop series that explores how games relate to concepts in political science.
When is the Poliventure Workshop scheduled?
There are no real-time live workshops for this term.
There are video recordings of the workshop available from summer 2021 and fall 2021.
Visit Poliventure (ipolisci.com)
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or iPoliSci – YouTube
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to watch recordings.
Instructions
STEP 1: ATTEND REAL-TIME LIVE ZOOM WORKSHOP OR WATCH AN ARCHIVED RECORDING
Attend a Zoom Workshop during its scheduled time.
The workshops are hosted on My Zoom Page
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during the days and times listed.
If you are unable to attend a Zoom Workshop in real-time, you can watch a recording. Video recordings of workshops, if available, on located on the embedded PowerPoint presentation on the “Schedule and Video Recordings” slide of specific Workshops or specified webpage.
Scroll up to the “Workshop PowerPoint Slides and Description” above, select a specific Workshop of interest, then click through the slides to find the “Schedule and Video Recordings” slide. On the “Schedule and Video Recordings” slide, you will find a “Watch Recording” link by week.
STEP 2: CLEARLY STATE WHICH WORKSHOP YOU ATTENDED OR WATCHED
In your assignment submission, clearly state which workshop(s) you participated in during the period
Example: “I participated in the Holding Government Accountable during week 6.”
Example: “I watched the week 6 archived recording of the Global Conflict and Cooperation.”
STEP 3: RESPOND TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION
Select 1 of the following questions to respond to:
What did you find most interesting about the workshop?
What did you find most relevant to your daily life about the workshop?
What question(s) do you have about the workshop topic?
What would you like to learn more about related to the workshop topic?
What did you find perplexing or challenging about the workshop topic?
Note: If you wish, you can ask yourself your own question.
STEP 4: CLEARLY STATE YOUR QUESTION
Be sure to clearly state this question in your assignment submission.
Using a question provided in the prior step, or a question that you ask yourself, be sure to clearly state this question in your assignment submission.
STEP 5: ANSWER QUESTION WITH 4 SENTENCES
Write at least 4 sentences answering the question you selected.
Sentence 1.
Sentence 2.
Sentence 3.
Sentence 4.
Frequently Asked Questions
HOW DO I JOIN A REAL-TIME LIVE IPOLISCI WORKSHOP?
All real-time live iPoliSci Workshops are held using Zoom Video Conference and hosted on My Zoom Page
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.
HOW TO ACCESS ZOOM FROM YOUR COMPUTER
Go to Download Center – Zoom
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to download and install Zoom.
After installing, you should be able to access Zoom from your Start Menu or desktop.
HOW TO ACCESS ZOOM FROM YOUR GOOGLE OR IPHONE
If you have a Google/Droid mobile phone, click here to download
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the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app.
If you have an Apple/iPhone, click here to download
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the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app.
WHAT IF I CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN AN IPOLISCI WORKSHOP DURING THE ASSIGNMENT TIME WINDOW?
If you cannot participate in an iPoliSci Workshop during the assignment time window, then for step 1, you should clearly state that you could not participate. If you want to share with me why you could not participate in a workshop, feel free to do so.
Example: “I could not participate in an iPoliSci Workshop during weeks 3-4.”
Example: “I could not participate in an iPoliSci Workshop during weeks 5-6 due to family commitments.”
Since each workshop has a PowerPoint presentation, you should review the PowerPoint presentation of the workshop(s) you would have participated in and complete steps 2 and 3 and submit your assignment.
ARE WORKSHOPS RECORDED?
Starting Summer 2021, most Workshops will be recorded.
The discussion portion of workshops will not be recorded.
HOW CAN I ACCESS THE WORKSHOP VIDEO RECORDINGS?
A link to video recordings of workshops, if available, on located on the workshop’s PowerPoint presentation on the “Schedule and Video Recordings” slide or specified webpage.
WHY ARE SOME WORKSHOPS RECORDED, AND OTHERS ARE NOT RECORDED?
When a meeting is recorded, it changes the nature of the conversation since participants know they are being recorded.
While I prefer an ephemeral nature for these workshops, this means that people attend, participate, and learn, and the only record is that which lives in each person’s memory.
However, in reviewing feedback from students, there is a demand for video recordings of workshops. Therefore, starting summer 2021, I will be recording the presentation portion of workshops for later viewing.
The discussion portion of workshops will not be recorded.
ARE WORKSHOPS STRUCTURED AS DEBATES?
No, workshops are not structured as debates. Debates, if structured well, are useful mechanisms to consider two sides of a topic, engage in oral argumentation based on logos, ethos, and pathos, and engage an audience. However, iPoliSci Workshops are structured as discussions, instead of debates, to allow for a query-based approach to engaging and learning about a topic.
Rubric
Rubrics are “a guide listing specific criteria for grading or scoring academic papers, projects, or tests”. Every assessment in the course has a rubric. A table of this assessment’s rubric is provided below for students. However, this table is not accessible for some screen readers.
For students using a screen reader, an accessible version of the rubric table can be accessed by scrolling down further or clicking on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the assessment and selecting “Show Rubric”.
If you need additional help, visit How do I view the rubric for my assignment?