Reference no: EM132111655

A school for profoundly disabled children began using the internet. All were children of normal or above normal intelligence, but all had severe physical disabilities ranging from quadriplegia to complete dependence on a ventilator. All used some type of assistive technology to be able to surf the web (e.g. voice recognition, laser pointers attached to the forehead, etc.) Classroom teachers began having children create PowerPoint presentations to record their learning (if you have children in school, no doubt your children are doing this too). The computer teacher taught the children how to download images and music, and the children began to spice up their presentations with images, music and animations. [Note: these PowerPoint presentations were shared within the classroom but not posted online.] When the principal saw some of these presentations, complete with clips from Disney animations and a few bars from Justin Timberlake, she declared that students should no longer download things from the web for their presentations, as they were violating copyright. Some of the teachers argued that the students were learning more from the enriched presentations and they were more interesting to create. The computer teacher who was familiar with copyright argued that this came under "fair use." Who was right? What would you do?