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Posted on August 22, 2013 | Leave a comment

My colleague Kevin Lee spent his sabbatical at the laser cutter.

Here is the evidence. Dig it.

I got a few of my future elementary students on the same machine (with tremendous help and guidance from Kevin). They made the featured objects in the next video.

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