Comments on: Helicopter parenting and meta-learning http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/ Spreading the word in a networked world Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Parenting Articles http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 Parenting Articles Wed, 07 May 2008 01:19:44 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/#comment-3200 Well in the world of today there should not have a room for mistakes. Helicopter parents are the starting point where their children learn much without committing lots of errors. The point here is making everything a step behind perfection. -Jan Well in the world of today there should not have a room for mistakes. Helicopter parents are the starting point where their children learn much without committing lots of errors. The point here is making everything a step behind perfection.

-Jan

]]> By: Sky http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Sky Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:33:38 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/#comment-3110 Jay, I even took courses where I learned Algol 68 and APL. (Look those up in Wikipedia!) I don't believe anyone ever wrote a compiler for Algol 68, and APL was used only by government programmers. We struggled for a long time before we got up on our hind legs and started calling it computer *science*. Jay, I even took courses where I learned Algol 68 and APL. (Look those up in Wikipedia!) I don’t believe anyone ever wrote a compiler for Algol 68, and APL was used only by government programmers.

We struggled for a long time before we got up on our hind legs and started calling it computer *science*.

]]> By: Jay Cross http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 Jay Cross Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:25:34 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/#comment-2945 Sky, I couldn't agree with you more. The world is going so fast that if it's not meta, it's not going to be around long. You undoubtedly remember Carnegie-Mellon courses that taught now obsolete programming languages rather than the algorithms of software design. In the debate over the efficacy of Personal Learning Environments, I favored helping kids learn to create their own PLEs rather than giving them some teacher's concept of what works for today. When I suggested that this PLE-building would follow graduates to work, I was put down for polluting the purity of academia. Perhaps we should rate school curricula for shelf-life. What topics will be relevant in five years? Ten? Sky, I couldn’t agree with you more. The world is going so fast that if it’s not meta, it’s not going to be around long. You undoubtedly remember Carnegie-Mellon courses that taught now obsolete programming languages rather than the algorithms of software design.

In the debate over the efficacy of Personal Learning Environments, I favored helping kids learn to create their own PLEs rather than giving them some teacher’s concept of what works for today. When I suggested that this PLE-building would follow graduates to work, I was put down for polluting the purity of academia.

Perhaps we should rate school curricula for shelf-life. What topics will be relevant in five years? Ten?

]]> By: Learnlets » Meta-learning and the future http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2940 Learnlets » Meta-learning and the future Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:41:32 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/the-real-harm-of-helicopter-parenting/#comment-2940 [...] blog post on meta-learning is sparked by Jessica Margolin’s post on helicopter parenting. Now we’re talking! [...] [...] blog post on meta-learning is sparked by Jessica Margolin’s post on helicopter parenting. Now we’re talking! [...]

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