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As LA schools committee scrutinizes iPad expansion, students delighted
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Nov 20, 2013
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As LA schools committee scrutinizes iPad expansion, students delighted
L.A. Unified School District's iPad program has many skeptics. It also has diehard enthusiasts, like the second graders at Baldwin Heights Elementary.
Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary students react as they get their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary students react as they get their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary students react as they get their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary students react as they get their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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Second grade teacher Jacqueline Porter-Morris hands out iPads to her students at Baldwin Hills Elementary for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
Second grade teacher Jacqueline Porter-Morris hands out iPads to her students at Baldwin Hills Elementary for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary students react as they get their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary students react as they get their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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Second grade teacher Jacqueline Porter-Morris shows a student how to take a picture with her new iPad on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013.
Second grade teacher Jacqueline Porter-Morris shows a student how to take a picture with her new iPad on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary swipe through their iPads for the first time and call out the apps they see. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary swipe through their iPads for the first time and call out the apps they see. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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Second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary use an app on their iPads for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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Maya Sugarman/KPCC
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L.A. Unified School District's iPad program has many skeptics. It also has diehard enthusiasts, like the second graders at Baldwin Heights Elementary.

The LA Unified School District iPad pilot program is wrought with complications. It came in millions of dollars over budget, and there have been security issues.

IF the board votes to give every student a tablet, it'll cost more than a billion dollars. But none of that matters to the thousands of kids putting aside the pencil and picking up iPads this year.

KPCC's Annie Gilbertson visited the last classroom in the pilot phase to get them.