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Can digital art prepare students for the future? Is this a unique way to merge STEM education into STEAM education? Afterall, the process of producing digital art involves a process that relies on digital technologies called a blockchain. So how do we integrate the arts with technology and is it beneficial to do so?

We think so. Art integration has been shown to equip students with skills that will be useful to succeed in the future. The creativity and innovative thinking is a great way to develop transferable skills in the workforce.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 80 percent of 8th-graders reported using a computer for schoolwork on a weekday. How do we take advantage of students already using a computer to assist with developing these skills? According to EdTech Magazine, “Educators see tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud and Spark for Education as ways to help students use the arts to build those needed problem-solving skills.”

While education technology is becoming the norm in schools today, we need more awareness for the use of technology in spurring an interest in digital art. We aim to do just that by adding it to our arts and technology curriculum. We hope you will take advantage of the opportunity. Be sure to tweet us your artwork!

Thank you for the tweets last week about the addition to our art curriculum. We will post a blog about it next week but we wanted to provide screenshots of the conversation.

Keep tweeting and keep learning!