CCC Update January 2009
Posted on: January 15 2010
Participants in Digital Media and Movie Making, a Connecticut Career Choices program, braved a cold winters day and a ninety-minute delay to attend the second quarterly meeting of the year at Quinnipiac University (QU).
Professor Liam O’Brian of QU spoke live from South Africa about a student documentary project currently being filmed in Cape Town and Krugar National Park. They also communicated via the a virtual world, Second Life.
After the Skype presentation, students separated into working groups to prepare their production company for the projects that must be completed in the second semester.…
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CCC Update December 2009
Posted on: December 18 2009
Congratulations to students who completed the CCC Film Challenge in November and submitted films within the eighty-four hour production period. All films are now featured on the front page of
CTStudentFilms.org. The next challenge is scheduled for March 2010!
E-Commerce Entrepreneurship students from Berlin, East Haven, Lyme-Old Lyme, Hartford Pathways to Technology, Manchester, Nonnewaug, Northwest, and Stonington attended the second meeting of the year at CCSU on December 17th. The students worked on their presentation, marketing, Web design, and digital communication skills in a variety of breakout groups. They also gained some more experience…
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CCC Update November 2009
Posted on: November 12 2009
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…
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Welcome to the New CCC Web Site!
Posted on: October 02 2009
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.
The Bio21, Digital Media Moviemaking (DM3), E-Commerce Entrepreneurship (ECE), Foundations in Health Science and Technology (FHST), and Information Technology Research and Development (ITRD) courses each received major updates…
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2009 CT EXPO: A Huge Success!
Posted on: June 14 2009
THE OPENING CEREMONY
The 2009 CT Student Innovation Expo welcomed more than 1,300 middle and high school students on May 9 for its most successful event yet at the CT Convention Center. In addition to the “cool stuff made by students” and “the energy in the room,” these were among the many comments from students, teachers, and visitors:
“The Expo brings everyone together in a way you could not on a regular basis.”
“It’s an opportunity for students to present high quality, authentic work.”
“Today was a great…
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Everybody just showed leadership in this project. We were all devoted to it and determined to succeed and make it happen. 