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A Day in the Life – Learning Guide
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There are fascinating people in every family and community, from whom we can learn.
SchoolNet children interview people in their communities with different occupations. They find out about their daily lives and create a huge archive of people's work and leisure - what they really do each day, their adventures and the people they meet.
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1. How to get started
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Ask your children to think and talk about:- What is life like for people in our community who have different occupations?
- What is it really like being: a mother, a father, a fire fighter, unemployed, retired, a post person, a car sales person, a jockey, a gardener, a pilot, a hospital patient, a traveller, a farmer, a student, a manager, a child minder, a cleaner, a sailor, a cook or a driver?
- How do people spend their time in work, at rest and at play?
- What kind of occupation would you like to find out about?
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2. How to choose the focus of study
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Children could choose either a type of occupation to find out more about, or could choose a person they know and discover more about what that person does. They will need to consider how to contact their chosen person, either face to face, or by email, telephone or letter. Children can then create a list of questions to ask. These might include: - What different things do you do in your day?
- What are the funniest or strangest things you do?
- What do you need for your work - uniform, tools?
- What sorts of people do you meet in a normal day?
- Who are the most interesting people you have met?
- Are you famous for anything?
- What was your normal day like 10 or 20 years ago?
- What do you hope your life will be like in the future?
Please make sure that your children obtain signed permission from their interviewees using the Approval Form, before they publish anything on SchoolNet Global.
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3. How to organise the practicalities
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If children are finding out about a particular occupation, you may wish to organise a visit to the relevant workplace, or arrange for children to email a specific person within that workplace.
Interviews: We recommend that parents or teachers agree interview questions with children in advance. Any face to face or email interviews should be supervised by the parent or teacher.
Images:Children must seek permission, where necessary, before they use any images to illustrate their web pages.
Writing up: Children can write up their projects off line, either by hand or on a word processor, and then copy and paste onto their SchoolNet Global template. They can edit their work online as often as they wish before they publish.
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4. How to ensure child safety
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SchoolNet Global is a safe, mediated environment, where children are protected from unsuitable material. All work is checked by SchoolNet Global mediators prior to publication. By following the SchoolNet Global Safety Guidelines, you can ensure that your children have fun and learn in safety.
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5. The 5 Steps to Cyberspace
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The SchoolNet Global publishing process takes children through easy steps to publishing their work to the world:
1. Find Out
The child chooses a project and undertakes research.
2. Sort
The child collates, organises, interprets and edits their data and decides how to present it to an Internet audience.
3. Create
Children can create their text in any wordprocessing package then copy and paste into their web page template. Simply click to add images saved on your own computer.
4. Check
Children check what they have written and ensure they have permission from interviewees to publish their work.
5. Show
Children submit their work for publication to the Internet. Work is approved by the child's teacher or parent and by SchoolNet Global mediators prior to publication. Within a few days, their completed pages will be published in the SchoolNet Global Gallery for the world to see.
5 Steps to Cyberspace
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6. How children gather and organise information
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When children have completed their interviews, they could write up their findings as a series of questions and answers, or could summarise their findings and write their views on what they have learned.
Once children have completed their own Day in the Life project, they could ask older members of their family for their thoughts and present these in separate project write-ups, providing interesting comparisons for the children, their families and the whole SchoolNet Global audience.
Please make sure that your children obtain signed permission from their interviewees using the Approval Form, before they publish anything on SchoolNet Global.
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7. Extension activities
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More able children could undertake in-depth studies, for example: - Compare stories of people of the same occupation. How and why are their experiences different?
- How does use of technology affect people's lives?
- How have work and leisure changed and what might happen in the future?
- What could be the social and economic implications of these changes?
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8. Online investigations
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The SchoolNet Global Gallery contains a wealth of information on worldwide cultures and traditions, written by children all over the world. Searching through these pages provides a good starting point for any new investigation.
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