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Third-grade teacher Patti Weber projects images of constellations and planets from her iPad on a SMART Board during class at Providence Spring Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C., on June 5, 2012. In the coming year, almost 4,000 students in the Charlotte school system will get classroom iPads, while about 20 schools will invite students and teachers to use their own tablets, phones and e-readers. The third graders at Providence Spring Elementary will be getting 70 iPads for classroom use. (Diedra Laird/The Charlotte Observer/MCT)