CT Student Film Challenge Now Closed!
The Connecticut Career Choices (CCC) Film Challenge took place from November 13th to November 16th. The Challenge is now closed and no other submissions are being accepted. This statewide film competition is open to all Connecticut high schools. Independent organizations interested in participating should contact us directly. Selected films will appear at the Connecticut Student Film Festival in May, where the winning submission will be announced. See http://ctstudentfilms.org for more information. Submissions that were uploaded within the specified time can be viewed here. http://ctstudentfilms.org/category_home.php?cid=CCC%20Film%20Challenge
Congratulations to all those who produced and completed their film within eighty-four hours!

CCC Student Quarterly Meetings Underway
A new academic year has seen the start of the quarterly meetings, which are already a great success! E-Commerce Entrepreneurship met at the University of New Haven, on October 30th, where 150 students from 10 schools used CCC's "Build-A-Business" brainstorming cards to compete in a business design competition. Another 150 students from 10 more schools met at IBM in Southbury on the 30th for a "Make-A-Movie" design competition in the Digital Media Moviemaking Program. Not to be outdone, five schools in the Bio21 program met at Manchester Community College (also on the 30th!) for a working session to learn more about biomimicry and develop product and technology proposals. Prior to these meetings, 150 students from 10 more schools met at IBM in Southbury for a "Grow-A-Game" design challenge in the IT R&D. With more meetings scheduled for December and energy building amongst the hundreds of budding designers, the semester looks to be an exciting one!

The Center Presents at CECA
The Center was well represented at the recent meeting of the Connecticut Educators Computer Association (CECA) meeting in Hartford on October 26th. Presentations featured "Virtual Worlds for Teaching and Learning," "The Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences," "Innovative 21st Century Science Curricula," and "The CT Student Film Festival." Michael, Dan, Carolyn, and Matt were all on-hand to share student work and guide scores of session attendees through the amazing work of our 21st century CCC students.

Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences Update
In September the Academy program kicked off its pilot year at Bethel High School and Metro Business Academy in New Haven, and results have been excellent! CCC is submitting a grant to underwrite the cost of making the Academy a truly one-to-one computing initiative for all students. With the help of new netbooks, we know that our Academy students will really push the envelope in showing us all what is possible. Stay tuned for more news.

New CCC Web Site Now Live!
CCC is pleased to announce the launch of our new Connecticut Career Choices Web site, which already contains more than 100 pieces of work by our 21st Century CCC students. This student work portal will continue to grow, featuring examples of exceptional images, documents, and games, as well as video clips that link to the CCC Student Film Web site, which was launched in early spring.