This article examines the benefits in student learning gained by using technology to enhance creativity.

"Technology used in the service of the arts and other creative endeavors can promote risk taking, inquisitiveness, and problem solving, say educators. Pushed to really examine their own work and others', students can be helped to develop higher-order thinking skills such as analysis, criticism, and divergent questioning. Those skills are crucial for continued learning and, ultimately, success in the adult world." (pg. 47-48).

One of the benefits of using technology over traditional media is that students who lack artistic ability can still enhance their experimentation, imagination, and problem solving skills with the use of computers, video, digital cameras, and other technologies.

The schools highlighted in this article exemplify how student achievement increases for those who are exposed to these technological advantages. "Creativity isn't just about artistic expression: inventors and scientists need the creative edge as well." (pg. 52). In one school, students are using technology to create useful inventions. A bullet-proof vest, a bicycle for the deaf, an ATM machine designed for the blind, are all inventions students have designed in a northern New Jersey school with the aid of computers for the design and presentation of ideas. The use of videoconferencing in several inner-city schools has enabled students to learn more about the world outside of their neighborhoods. In another school, the use of computers and cameras has helped students merge art with other disciplines like literature, history, and mechanical drawing.

Technology has become an important aspect of our everyday lives. More and more we learn how technology can enhance learning in many ways. Unfortunately, all schools cannot take advantage of these benefits due to lack of adequate funding. Keeping up with current technological trends and upgrading school equipment is costly. It seems that the gap between the technological "have" and "have-nots" in schools is increasing, to the detriment of many students in economically disadvantaged districts. Perhaps one day all children will have these advantages.