Category Archives: technology

Holding Back the Future – Online Education

Far too often we fear what we don’t understand, and we assume that the current paradigm is the only possible paradigm worth pursuing. As humans we look to protect what we are familiar with to the exclusion of what is possible and valuable. In this vein there are still ongoing attempts by many traditional educator …

July 21, 2012 – 9:28 am | By Tom Coughlan | Posted in Education, technology | Comments (1)

Social Understanding

I am constantly amazed by the lack of basic understanding of the social media paradigm by the public at large. Today a ran across a story in the BBC News about how Scottish teachers are being warned that Facebook could present a career risk. The general fear being that by revealing too much personal information …

January 2, 2012 – 11:46 am | By Tom Coughlan | Posted in Education, management, technology | Comments (1)

Let a 1,000 Programmers Bloom

On November 4th Microsoft released Kinect. This product allows users of Microsoft’s highly successful XBox to interact with their gaming systems without the use of the standard game controller.Through the use of cameras and sensors, Kinect allows users to interact with their gaming system simply by moving their bodies – reminiscent of Tom Cruise in …

November 25, 2010 – 1:27 pm | By Tom Coughlan | Posted in Innovation, technology | Tagged , | Comments (0)

E-Mail is Sooo Yesterday

I was in the car this weekend with my high school age daughter when I passed a comment about email security. With an indignant look, and a dismissive tone, I was informed that she and her friends did not use email. Email was pas sea – the cognoscente in the youth culture communicate using text messages whenever possible …

July 7, 2010 – 10:55 am | By Tom Coughlan | Posted in management, technology | Tagged , , | Comments (0)