Every year the librarians have us sign a page about copyright infringement. We get told do not, do not, do not.... copy copyrighted material. I was very interested to learn about the creative commons site. I have noticed the cc on material before, but I really didn't know what it meant. The concept of copyright from the minute a work is produced is interesting.
I can see that the ability for educators and students to use portions of or all of some materials will open a world of creative license which hasn't existed before. Materials can be used to instruct students in areas that might not previously have been available in a form that could be viewed or used as a reference. Student projects are bound to be improved with the use of visual and auditory features. I do worry about the impact of the use of the internet for research when students do not give adequate representation to the creator of the work. However, being an elementary teacher, I really don't think that this will be a problem in the area in which I work.
I, personally, have no experience with using the computer for anything other than email and to search for sites of interest. I tend to acquire the extra things I use in my classroom from non-computer sites. I have downloaded things from a few sites, but nothing really major.
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