ALC-Silicon Valley Reader

Welcome to the ALC--Silicon Valley Reader!

In this wiki you can find specific articles on subjects related to the ALC Topic Development and Effective Communication classes. Happy reading!

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TOPIC DEVELOPMENT

Silicon Valley--Business and Entrepreneurship

• Business and Entrepreneurship

Other American Language and Culture Topics

• American Values (American Dream)
• Civic Participation, Media, and Pop Culture
• Class (Social Stratification)
• Crime and Guns (Violence)
• Education
• Environment
• Family
• Gender
• How We Live (Nutrition, Transportation, Housing, Technology)
• Immigration
• Lay of the Land (United States)
• LGBT Issues
• Politics and the Democratic Process
• Privacy
• Race and Identity

Writing Videos

• Integrating Sources in MLA Style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BJAqOeQjAo
• MLA Format in Word 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJD28b9E38&feature=relate
• MLA Works Cited List 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1W8GRPyGw
• MLA Works Cited List 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKMmZrbP7o
• MLA Works Cited List 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXou8m06I0
• Summarizing and Paraphrasing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s4iQMwletE
• Quoting: Best Practices http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncVBBJqV4Ss
• Reading Critically and Taking Notes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6uqMgI8nn4

Writing Sites

• Internet Research Guide, Houghton Mifflin http://college.cengage.com/english/resources/research_guide/2e/resources.html
• Hume Writing Center (Stanford University) https://undergrad.stanford.edu/tutoring-support/hume-center
• The Purde Online Writing Lab (OWL) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/2/
• University of Manchester Academic Phrasebank -- Writing about the Past http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/writing-about-the-past-2/

Conducting Research in the Library

• Playlist to Stanford Library Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_RCUu6isf5FMnMEThTzF7AvWSLBbsies
• How to Use SearchWorks, the Stanford University Library Catalog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2oKT-lLdPA&index=2&list=PL_RCUu6isf5FMnMEThTzF7AvWSLBbsies&t=0s
• How to Search Databases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8bXA9JC6tQ&index=3&list=PL_RCUu6isf5FMnMEThTzF7AvWSLBbsies&t=2s
• How to Evaluate Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ122WakNDY&index=4&list=PL_RCUu6isf5FMnMEThTzF7AvWSLBbsies&t=0s
• Leapfrogging (following the citation trail) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDul7azyttg&index=5&list=PL_RCUu6isf5FMnMEThTzF7AvWSLBbsies&t=0s
• Primary Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDul7azyttg&index=5&list=PL_RCUu6isf5FMnMEThTzF7AvWSLBbsies&t=0s

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Silicon Valley--Business and Entrepreneurship Presentations

• TED Ideas Worth Spreading http://www.ted.com/
• Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
• Seven Memorable Graduate Speeches by Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders http://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/7-memorable-graduation-speeches-by-entrepreneurs-other-leaders.html
• Twelve Must Watch TED Talks for Entrepreneurs http://www.shopify.com/blog/6553665-12-must-watch-ted-talks-for-entrepreneurs
• This is Water--Inspirational Speech for Entrepreneurship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHefxlDUinE
• Motivational Speeches/Clips for Entrepreneurs http://walkercorporatelaw.com/motivational-speeches/motivational-speechesclips-for-entrepreneurs-i-just-need-to-take-the-first-step/
• Twenty Presentations by Entrepreneurs http://www.trendhunter.com/course/presentations-by-entrepreneurs

General Public Speaking Information

• What the Pros Know about Public Speaking (Matt Abrams from Stanford's Graduate School of Business) https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/what-pros-know-about-public-speaking
• McGraw-Hill's Public Speaking Site http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/pubspeak_cmk_071307/
• Toastmasters International http://www.toastmasters.org
• American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
• Matt Abrahams: Tips and Techniques for More Confident and Compelling Presentations https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/matt-abrahams-tips-techniques-more-confident-compelling-presentations
• Presentation Tips for Public Speaking http://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.html
• Citing Sources in Oral Presentations http://www.usm.edu/gulfcoast/sites/usm.edu.gulfcoast/files/groups/speaking-and-writing-center/pdf/citing_sources_in_speeches_web.pdf
• Effective Public Speaking Skills http://www.effective-public-speaking.com/index.html
• 3,000+ Speech Topics https://sites.google.com/site/toastmasterssf/3000speaches

OTHER LINKS

• Stanford University Homepage