Being a leader isn't something that comes naturally, it takes practice. It is one thing that I could not be more thankful for. This program has helped me develop as a person and foster my love for creative technology, and I thank it whole-heartedly for that. 
The following is a selection of the readings that form the foundation of research underlying the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Connecticut Employment and Training Commission. “An Information Technology Workforce Strategy for the State of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, and Technology Partnership Practice.” Battelle Memorial Institute, January 2001.
The Connecticut Economic Resource Council. “Connecticut Employment and Training Commission, Jobs 2010: A Look at Connecticut’s Workforce Needs over the Coming Decade.” Rocky Hill, CT: Author, March 2003.
Council on Competitiveness. “Innovate America: National Innovation Initiative Report.” Washington, DC: Compete.org, December 2004 <http://www.compete.org>
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly and Barbara Schneider. Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for the World of Work. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
Farris-Berg, Kim. “Listening to Student Voices—on Technology: Today’s tech-savvy students are stuck in text-dominated schools.” St. Paul, MN: Education|Evolving, December 2005.
Fox, Susannah, Janna Anderson, and Lee Rainie. “The Future of the Internet.” Pew Internet and American Life Project, January 9, 2005 <http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp>
Friedman, Thomas L. The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 2005.
Gardner, Howard. Five Minds for the Future. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
Gates, William. “Address to the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools.” Washington, DC: National Governors Association, February 2005 <http://www.nga.org>
Gee, James Paul. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Lehrer, Jonah. “The Future of Science…Is Art?” New York: Seed Media Group. January 16, 2008 <http://seedmagazine.com/news/2008/01/the_future_of_scienceis_art.php>
Leonardo online, International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. San Franciso: Leonardo/ISAST, March 11, 2008 <http://www.leonardo.info/index.html>
Levin, Doug and Sousan Arafeh. “The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools.” American Institutes for Research for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, August 2002 <http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2002/The-Digital-Disconnect-The-widening-gap-between-Internetsavvy-students-and-their-schools.aspx>
Levy, Frank and Richard J. Murnane. The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Market. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
Littky, Dennis and Samantha Grabelle. The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone’s Business. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004.
Meyerhoff, Rachel. “Connecticut Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.” Wethersfield, CT: Connecticut Dept. of Labor, Office of Research, August 2008.
National Public Radio. “Where Science Meets Art.” Washington, DC: National Public Radio Morning Edition ongoing series. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111499>
National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies and National Science Foundation. “Building a Foundation for Tomorrow: Skill Standards for Information Technology.” Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Community College, 1999.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Learning for the 21st Century. “A report and MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills.” Washington, DC: Author, April 23, 2005 <http://www.21stcenturyskills.org>
Pink, Daniel H. A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. New York: Riverhead Hardcover/ Penguin Group, 2005.
Rae-Dupree, Janet. “Let Computers Compute. It’s the Age of the Right Brain.” New York: New York Times, April 6, 2008.
SEED ArtScience. Dublin, Ireland, 2008 <http://seedartscience.blogspot.com>