Mr. Tim Needles

Tim Needles is an artist, educator, performer, and author of STEAM Power: Infusing Art Into Your STEM Curriculum from ISTE. He is a 2 time TEDx Talk speaker, a technology integration specialist, and teaches art, film, and emerging media at Smithtown School District and Five Towns College. His work has been featured on NPR, in the New York Times, Columbus Museum of Art, Norman Rockwell Museum, Alexandria Museum of Art, Katonah Museum of Art, and Cape Cod Museum of Art. He’s the recipient of the ISTE PLN’s Technology in Action Award and Creativity Award, NAEA’s Eastern Region Art Educator Award & ArtEdTech Outstanding Teaching Award, and The Rauschenberg Power of Art Award. He’s also a board member of NYSCATE and NYSATA, an ISTE Community leader, an NAEA ArtEdTech interest Group chair, a NASA Solar System Ambassador, a National Geographic Certified Teacher, and a teacher leader in the CAN Connected Arts Network PLC. He works with several educational technology companies serving as an Adobe Creative Educator Innovator, DEN Star, Kami Hero, Formative Champion, Magic School AI Pioneer, a Google Certified Trainer, and a PBS Digital Innovator. He’s active on social media at @timneedles.