Schools report problems in second year of student tablet program

Corvallis School District’s 1:World student tablet program’s second year has been plagued with problems, district administrators reported to the school board Monday.

Kevin Bogatin, assistant superintendent, reported that servers for the district’s new management software have been overloaded by the number of devices in the district, and the management system still is not functional.

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BBC: Oregon voters await iPad election

Residents in parts of the US state of Oregon are to cast their votes by iPad during a special election on Tuesday. ✧ The program, designed to make voting easier for disabled residents, is part of a five-county pilot in the north-western state. ✧ The counties are voting to nominate candidates to replace David Wu, who resigned from the US House of Representatives amid a sex scandal. Read more at BBC News (US & Canada)...

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