FOR NEWLY JOINING OSUM MEMBERS

FOR NEWLY JOINING OSUM MEMBERS AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JAVA EE TUTORIAL'S AND OTHER STUDENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM SUN

people who are newly joined in OSUM,are little bit confuse about their journey in OSUM.
That means,they don't know about how to join in their interest groups like IIT'S,NIT'S,JNTU and other technically helpful group's like NETBEANS,SAI USERS etc.
And they little bit confuse about how to access free online courses,webinars,tutorials,discount's on certifications and other student resources that can fast track their career.
I can explain step by step procedure of journey in OSUM.......
Advantages to join OSUM......
* Participate in OSUM club activities at your university to learn about open-source technologies that are opening up new career opportunities.
* Get access to free online courses, webinars, tutorials, discounts on certifications, and other student resources.
* Connect and make friends with student coders from around the world to get and give technical support and share project ideas.
STEP1:PARTICIPATE IN OSUM CLUB ACTIVITIES AT YOUR UNIVERSITY
so if u want to participate in OSUM club activities at your university,first of all u can join your university group.
The procedure to join in your university club
1:sign into OSUM or if u don't have account in OSUM, sign up.
then it displays main page of OSUM,where three navigation bars are appear.First, click on the Group tab in the navigation bar ,
then use the pull down menus to find the OSUM for your university, see all the OSUMs in a country or browse all the OSUMs in the world.
if you find OSUM for your university then join in your OSUM by click the corresponding button that appear in your group page.
the first step is finished to join in your OSUM.........
STEP2:TO LEARN ABOUT OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE OPENING UP NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
The below link which give full details about open-source technologies
open-source software
STEP3:GET ACCESS TO FREE ONLINE COURSES, WEBINARS ,TUTORIALS,DISCOUNTS ON CERTIFICATIONS,AND OTHER STUDENT RESOURCES.....
FREE ONLINE COURSES:OSUM members can get access to free web-based courses in Java, Solaris and other technologies through the Sun Academic Initiative (SAI). This is a great way to get the skills you need for the best jobs and prepare for one of the industry leading Sun certifications. It's easy to register for the SAI and create your own user account on the SAI Learning Connection.
visit the OSUM SAI Page for more information.
The below file is useful for the people who are residing in INDIA,to access free online courses.....
SAI-India_Orientation.pdf
WEBINARS:OSUM members get exclusive access to a series of webinars on the most innovative open source technologies via the OSUM Webinar Series.
click the link webinars here to listen to the replays of the previous sessions.
FREE DOWNLOADING TUTORIALS:The Java Tutorials are practical guides for programmers who want to use the Java programming language to create applications. They include hundreds of complete, working examples, and dozens of lessons. Groups of related lessons are organized into "trails".
click the link java tutorials then u get access the tutorials.
SUN CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING: The below file will describe about the Sun training and Certification
in_t-guide.pdf
we also see the page sun certification to clarify your doubts about sun certification and training.
OTHER STUDENT RESOURCES:if u like to see student resources offered by SUN Microsystems
click the link student resources.This will give full details about student resources......
STEP4:CONNECT AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH STUDENT CODERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO GET AND GIVE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND SHARE PROJECT IDEAS
It means you can share your thoughts,project ideas with your group members and also other students around the globe.you can get satisfied answers from them...
If you want to know latest news and any other stuff regarding to open-sourse technologies go to the link support .you can get full details.......