Using Scribd in the  

class room  
   
Scribd brings a new light to
 
 
education and allows both students
 
and teachers to experience
 
something new and exciting. This
 
website can serve as a versatile
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source for students to use while
 
doing research and can be a great  
way for them to share their work
with students all across the world.
This site also can be an efficient
way for teachers to share ideas
such as lesson plans, field trips,
and other classroom activities that
he or she has had success with in

Scribd Team
the past. 

Asher Burton, Cathy 
Billingham, Adam 
Burton, Erin Bliesner, Jeff 
Cobb, Katie Lutz, 
Brandon Kresca, Grant 
Henry, Drew Shepperd,  “There’s a writer 
Sarah Schutter, Joel 
Reinhard  in all of us”. 
To view our group’s wiki site follow the link below: 
http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Scribd 
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Scribd’s simplicity is another aspect of this website that is appealing to users. To

get started, you can create your own account on the home page of scribd.com.
You will be walked through the short process in a matter of minutes. Once this is
complete you will have full access to the numerous attributes Scribd has to offer.
At this point, you can begin posting work of your own to share with people all
throughout the world!
   
Scribd is a web tool that was launched
What kinds of work can be posted?
in 2007 by its creators Trip Adler,
· Books, Letters, Magazines, Newspapers
Jared Freidman, and Tikhon
· Brochures, Manuals, Maps, Recipes
Bernstram. Scribd is a free web based
· Spreadsheets, Presentations, Resumes
application that allows users to create
· Lesson Plans, Illustrations, and many
more and edit documents online, such as
word documents, PowerPoint
presentations and spreadsheets. Scribd
Scribd also has a blog for each item that
provides an effective and useful way
is posted allowing people to make
comments on each other’s work. Scribd for writers to publish their work and
can also be a great place for companies fulfill their desire for self-expression.
and business’ to advertise their work or What’s great about Scribd is anyone
products. Scribd is a universal web can upload work, not just professional
system, with people coming up with new writers or authors. Everyday more
ways to use Scribd every single day. than 50,000 documents are uploaded to
  the Scribd in which they are read and
discussed by around 50 million readers
per month.