STEAM vs STEM
When we talk about STEAM versus STEM, we’re talking about the added value of including art as we learn skills crucial to future success. Art opens the door to STEM subjects, and it is an important and equal outcome.
Ampere’s Lifecycle: A Commitment to Communities
Our Lifecycle is our sophisticated approach to providing STEAM education and opportunities at every age and every stage of life for our learners and their communities. It’s nonlinear – you don’t have to access the elements in order. And it’s “learner guided” – matching need, with opportunities in STEAM.
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Nunavut Teacher Education Program: Building capacity among community educators
We’ve never been about the one-offs. At Ampere, we want to help find sustainable, long-term approaches to bridge the digital literacy gap and share tools and techniques with communities.
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Fueling imagination through STEAM at your local library
Ampere has been working closely with the Kawartha Lakes Public Library and its branches for years, sharing the goal of encouraging STEAM education and skill development for people of all ages. Together, we create opportunities for at-home and in-branch learning in the heart of the communities we serve.
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Case Study: TechNL High School Tech Immersion Program
Our partner, a not-for-profit industry association representing Newfoundland and Labrador’s technology and innovation sector for more than 30 years, started the High School Tech Immersion Program in 2021. The goal of the program is to rejuvenate the industry in the province by introducing young people to tech-focused companies and careers through internships and training programs.
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Young Entrepreneurs with Trillium Lakelands District School Board
Supporting learners where they are and throughout their journey is a fundamental component of Ampere’s approach to sustainable access to STEAM education and opportunities in rural, remote and Indigenous communities.
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Pinnguaq is now Ampere
Working alongside rural, remote, Indigenous, and other communities, Ampere delivers programs for people of all ages to cultivate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) skills through innovative technology, art, and play. It offers world-class Makerspaces, maker kits and activities, and works with educators to introduce children to a STEAM-based curriculum that brings learning to life.
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Artificial Intelligence and Pinnguaq
By Ryan Oliver I’ve struggled with where Pinnguaq fits in the Artificial Intelligence landscape since Chat GPT launched in late 2022. Like many of you, we were impressed and excited by the early promise of the work Open A.I. was doing. However, as with anything promising to be the “next big thing” out of Silicon
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Akinomaage: building connections and understanding of our land
Pinnguaq’s new learning resource, called Akinomaage: Exploring Our Seasons, is helping learners and educators connect to their environment while discovering how science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) can be found in nature.
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