Education for Human Greatness

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Here is the forwarded email from one of my colleagues which I thought an example of Social Networking at work – The true spirit of sharing through Social Networking. Thank you very much for your great work! This is a copyrighted material so it is ethical to ask for permission. Gladly Dr. Philip responded us with a BIG YES! Thank you!

Permission to publish approved by:
Dr. Philip Kovacs
Chair, Educator Roundtable
Assistant Professor of Education University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dr. Philip Kovacs

From: Dr. Philip Kovacs

To EFG: 200 members

In December we started Education for Human Greatness as a means of changing the discourse over education in this country. We began with 10 people, and our group now exceeds 200. Members range from Emeritus Professors, to Noble Peace Prize Nominees, to classroom teachers working to make a difference despite overwhelming odds.

I want to share a few stories with you, followed by a number of websites that we hope you will visit and take 5 minutes to fill out petitions in support of various causes.

Recently a teacher in Alabama wrote Lynn Stoddard (the founder of this movement) to share what her class had done:

Filed under: Education, Joomla!, WordPress, YouTube, Obama, Thoughts

Trouble over Obama’s picture

You need permission to use the image. Similar or look alike?

I guess, it is just natural that if someone is making money and gets all the credits out of something owned by Associated Press (AP) –  will not enjoy the glory and fame  forever.

The owner wants justice! The owner wants recognition and most of all compensation!

So as the news continues,

NEW YORK – On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was everywhere during last year’s presidential campaign: A pensive Barack Obama looking upward, as if to the future, splashed in a Warholesque red, white and blue and underlined with the caption HOPE.

Obama's poster everywhere

Designed by Shepard Fairey, a Los-Angeles based street artist, the image has led to sales of hundreds of thousands of posters and stickers, has become so much in demand that copies signed by Fairey have been purchased for thousands of dollars on eBay.

The image, Fairey has acknowledged, is based on an Associated Press photograph, taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia on assignment for the AP at the National Press Club in Washington.

The AP says it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees. Read the rest of the entry.

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I witnessed the day and many days after

In OUR own SPECIAL way. Thank you, Mr. President.

” We cannot afford distraction. We cannot afford delay.” – Pres. Barack Obama.1.26.09 ($825 billion stimulus)

Photographed from metro newyork, wednesday 21, 2009
*Special Inauguration Edition*

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