Not So Distant Future

  Scribd is a cool new site, which allows you to upload your documents online, either to share them with others, or just to store them there privately.   If you choose to share your documents, people can comment on them, listen to them, rank them, or even purchase a printed copy of them.

  It’s like ‘YouTube for documents’, according to TechCrunch.

I tried it out and it is very user friendly.  It automatically converts your document into several formats, including an mp3 one that reads your document aloud.

I can envision a lot of uses for ambitious student writers(or teachers), not to mention it being a handy place to store documents.  I can also envision this possibly further complicating the issue of plagiarism  as the popularity of the site grows.  (All the more reason we have to ask students for real investigative or personal writing.)