The Oamaru Public Library is hosting STEAM Saturday tomorrow to enable community members to extend their skills and interact with new games and equipment available at the facility. STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art and maths — is vital for both children and adults as it forms the foundation for all learning. Being able to use STEAM products was important and Mrs Price-Ewen wanted people to ‘‘get excited’’ about the opportunities it offered for fun in everyday life and in their jobs. ‘‘It’s not just for kids, it’s also for adults.’’Youth literacy assistant and social media co-ordinator Susanna Elliffe said using STEAM equipment was about ‘‘21st Century learning’’. “It’s also life skills as well, as we get more technology like this.’’The library planned to have after-school programmes for STEAM and make the equipment lendable in the future.

Source: Stuff November 03, 2022 20:56 UTC