With high hopes for test scores, school district invests in iPod touches and iPads

During a time of budget reductions -- employees must take 14 furlough days this school year -- Oregon's Canby School District has issued an iPod touch to every third-grader, challenging the idea that digital technology exists largely as a distraction for a plugged-in generation. Nicole Dungca, The Oregonian, Jan. 1, 2011