Name:	Juan Aparicio, Judith Faifman, Sabrina Farji, Gustavo Romano, Carlos Trilnick
School/Institute:	Aleph Kindergarten and Primary School
Position:	Aleph is a school for children two years old and up. It works with a highly developed and early start program in science and technology. Computers, multimedia and internet are currently used by three year old children to work on their projects. The school is bilingual, English is taught using a whole language approach model, that is to say, activities in different curricular areas develop simultaneously in both languages: Spanish and English (e.g., a Natural Sciences, physics and chemistry, mathematics games, fine arts activities and music project). Juan Aparicio: Plans and coordinates in service training on Introduction to Scientific Thought, for the faculty members at Aleph. Personally designs and leads science experiences with 3 to 7 year old children. Assistant Professor, in charge of physics workshops at the School of Physics and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires University. Judith Faifman: Founder and director (Head Mistress) of Aleph School in Buenos Aires City, based on Professor Moshe Caspi's approach from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sabrina Fargi: Teaches Script for Multimedia and Internet at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires University. Gustavo Romano: an artist who developed his work through the use of electronic means, video, multimedia and projects for the internet. Carlos Trilnick: Director of the Research Program "Audiovisual Media for the Teaching of Physics and Astronomy in Secondary Schools", at the Science and Technical Department at Buenos Aires University, Professor of Expression Means and Audio Visual Design Workshop, for the Career of Design of Image and Sound, at the Architecture, Design and Town Planning School, University of Buenos Aires, and coordinator of other interactive programs and seminars.
City and Country:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proposed Project:	This is a project where two groups of young school children (ages 5 to 7), from two different countries, with a different history of social and political organisation, are going to participate in a game using notions and methods of different sciences and technologies, particularly in Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Political Sciences. The main subject of the project is: The Organisation Of Collective Action For The Efficient, Equitable And Sustainable Managment Of Human And Natural Resources. In order to do this, a limited range simulation will be set, sufficiently representative of the general situation. In this project, the use of computer multimedia technology and networking is essential to allow children to communicate their thoughts with a degree of depth and complexity they can't reach as emergent writers. At the same time, the use of an easily comprehensible multimedia language in the context of on-line communication, will enable children to share their own views on complex matters with their peers from another country and to get their partners' feedback in this collaborative project.
Partners:	Our ideal partner should be a school with early starting programs education in sciences and in a country with a history of a consolidated democratic politic organisation.
Web Site:	Visual Art Gallery