Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Meme: Passion Quilt

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Okay, Miguel and Marion, I’m in. Here’s my entry for the Passion Quilt meme. The bottom portion of this image best captures what I most passionately want children to learn in school…

Image credit: Kathy Sierra, Crafting a User Experience

I’ll tag the following folks…

Barry Bachenheimer

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A frayed rope descends from above and is attached to the top of a blue Earth, symbolizing fragility or tension.

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A woman sits on a chair with legs crossed, wearing a navy sweater and purple pants, in front of a green background with black abstract line art.

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Image split in half: left side shows a woolly mammoth in a natural landscape; right side shows an illustrated mammoth skeleton on a yellow background.

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