This is such a crappy link covering the details of this case. Here's better information: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-teacher-in-por...
To summarize: She was a substitute teacher. She lost her teaching credentials instead of 40 years in prison. It was a windows 98 computer. She didn't have the sense to turn off the monitor, she tried to fight the battle of endless spyware pop ups. The "expert" they had to explain the computers knew nothing.