FETC Featured Speaker | Educational Leader | Career & Technical Education Director

District Teacher Librarian at Van Meter Community Schools. Future Ready Librarians Leader. Book Creator's Future Ready Advocate. Capstone Champion and Author. Follett Content Thought Leader. Adobe ACE Innovator.

Principal • Educator • Ed.D. in Learning Tech • Keynote Speaker • All posts represent personal views.

Everyday is another opportunity to be creative

Educator • Author • Speaker • AI optimist • Edtech Innovator

Community architect, educator, mental health advocate

FETC Featured Speaker | Educational Leader | Career & Technical Education Director

District Teacher Librarian at Van Meter Community Schools. Future Ready Librarians Leader. Book Creator's Future Ready Advocate. Capstone Champion and Author. Follett Content Thought Leader. Adobe ACE Innovator.

Learning technologies leader, educator, and school administrator with key experiences in the following areas:
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Evaluation and Implementation in PreK-12 Education
• Connecting Learning Science Researchers and PreK-12 Educators
• Emerging technology, Instructional Technology, and Learning Technology Tools in PreK-12 and higher education
• Conference Presentation and Keynote on AI, Educational Technology and Game-based Learning
• PreK-12 School Administration, Program Development, Operations, and Budget
• Evaluating, Mentoring, Coaching, Supporting, and Supervising Fellow Educators and School Administrators
• Social Media and Web Site Development for School Leaders and Educators
• Providing Professional Development Training both in-person and virtually
• Research-based classroom practices and innovative pedagogy

Tim Needles is an artist, educator, performer, and author of STEAM Power: Infusing Art Into Your STEM Curriculum. He is a 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 ISTE’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, a National Geographic Certified Teacher, Kami Hero, Formative Champion, PBS Digital Innovator, a NASA Solar System Ambassador, an ISTE Community leader, NAEA ArtEdTech interest Group chair, a teacher leader for the National Connected Arts Network PLN, and an Adobe Creative Educator.