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    A Classroom Full of Dipsticks
    By Rachel Langenhorst
    In Advocates, Digital, Experts
    Posted March 2, 2017

    A Classroom Full of Dipsticks

    No, it’s not what you think. In the education world, a dipstick is a playful moniker that refers to any formative assessment used to gauge learning as it’s being presented. Evaluating student [...]

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    Training Wheels: From Replicator to Maker
    By Heather Lister
    In Advocates, Experts, Makerspace
    Posted March 1, 2017

    Training Wheels: From Replicator to Maker

    See that bad boy up there? Well that bike up there looks just like the one I learned to ride on. I remember I rode that bike so hard that the wheels started to disintegrate (because they weren’t [...]

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