Tim Needles is an artist, educator, performer, and writer of STEAM Energy: Infusing Artwork Into Your STEM Curriculum. He’s a TEDx Speak speaker, a know-how integration specialist, and teaches artwork, movie, and rising media at Smithtown College District and 5 Cities Faculty. 

He’s the recipient of ISTE’s Know-how in Motion Award and Creativity Award, NAEA’s Jap Area Artwork Educator Award & ArtEdTech Excellent Educating Award, and The Rauschenberg Energy of Artwork Award. He’s additionally a board member of NYSCATE and NYSATA, a DEN STAR, Nationwide Geographic Licensed Instructor, Kami Hero, Formative Champion, PBS Digital Innovator, a NASA Photo voltaic System Ambassador, an ISTE Group chief, NAEA ArtEdTech curiosity Group chair, a instructor chief within the CAN Related Arts Community PLC, and an Adobe Inventive Educator Innovator. He’s lively on social media at @timneedles.