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WOW!!!.. I just finished reading all of the Copyright and Creative Commons material and I have to admit that my head is spinning. When I think back to my time in high school, I was the last computer class to use punch cards!... Then again, I was the last chemistry class to use a slide rule!...Now we have the web and a expanding amount of information at our fingertips... It is growing by leaps and bounds every day. Fortunately, we have the creative commons website to assist with helping to sort out the information that is part of the public domain and what is copyrighted.

I see great possibilities for my students to develop their own style of learning by being more creative. Imagine if my students develop a new way of teaching a concept that was previously considered "impossible" to them. We could actually post it to the web and have other students get assistance from it. They could even copyright it as their own property! By doing this, teachers would be able to accommodate for individual learning styles.

While I support and encourage creativity, I always have to keep in mind that content is important. Creativity is not always supported in college and I need to make sure that my students have the ability and the capability to handle college material. While high schools are continually asked to accommodate for different learning styles, I don't see colleges doing this as much. I need to be balanced in allowing for some creativity and yet, allow the content to be preserved.