ABSTRACT ART AND TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON CREATIVITY HAND-CREATED AND COMPUTER-CREATED IMAGERY IN THE VISUAL ARTS CLASSROOM By Jacqueline Peters December 2010 For a visual arts teacher at the secondary level, student engagement was much higher for hand-created imagery than for imagery created with the computer. Art and Technology's Impact on Creativity is a case study exploring the influence hand-created and computer-created imagery had on student engagement. Engagement is linked to creativity. Engagement levels were measured using Self Determination Theory's anteced- ents to engagement; autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Data showed higher levels of autonomy, competence, and relatedness came from hand-created imagery. A review of the literature encompassing interdisciplinary theories from noted scholars in evolution, anthropology, neuroscience, media ecology, and creativity provide insight into the nature of hand-brain processes on student engagement and creativity; work involving the hands is the underrated link to higher levels of student engagement.