MSDN Student Flash : Events & Webcasts

Virtual What?

kevinbri — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:52:27 GMT

Have you seen Virtual Server 2005 or played with Virtual PC? Well if you haven’t (and even if you have) there are two great videos on Channel 9 about these products. I would highly encourage everyone to check them out.
Virtual Server Post
Virtual PC Post

--Eric (Grand Valley State University)

Are you going to be the Last Developer Standing?

kevinbri — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:22:52 GMT

A friend and student ambassador pointed out a contest, The Last Developer Standing, and asked me to promote it. I began looking into the contest and it appeared to be really cool, until I read the rules and regulations and found out the contest is only open to Canadian citizens. So if you’re Canadian check out the contest.

--Eric (Grand Valley State University)

How does your student club cope with newbies?

kevinbri — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:22:00 GMT

Julia Lerman, who is a big contributor to INETA and to the Vermont .NET User Group, is wondering how her group’s meetings can stay interesting to both beginner and advanced developers.

Student user groups and clubs must deal with this all the time, as new students come in every year. Does anyone have any good examples of how you keep things interesting for all skill levels? Mix up the meetings – beginners presentation one week, advanced the next, or something different perhaps?

-Kevin (Microsoft)

Keep up on PDC

kevinbri — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:31:00 GMT

PDC – Professional Developers Conference – is coming up later this year, and it’s always one of the most anticipated developer conferences going. Keep up on the latest news about it via RSS here, or keep up with Microsoft employees who are blogging about it (RSS)!

(link thanks to Jeff Sandquist)

-Kevin (Microsoft)

Are you an educator? Want to learn .NET?

kevinbri — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:17:00 GMT

Check out MainFunction.com this is a great site for educators of all classification. What may reallly interest you is the FREE .NET training around the country at various locations, read more about it here...

--Eric (Grand Valley State University)

How students can connect to the local pro dev community

kevinbri — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:28:00 GMT

One thing we are often asked about is how can college students, who are aspiring to enter the working world as a developer, start getting connected with job opportunities in there area?

There are LOTS of ways to do this online – start up a blog, make yourself a known authority on a language or subject, etc. But let’s focus on connecting right in your home (or college) town.

MSDN Events – Some students go to these, but students are a seriously underrepresented crowd. Visit the site and see just how many events happen, and in how many town (not all big cities…these spread around). They are 4 hour FREE live events, covering both developer and IT topics, presented by Microsoft employees. You even get a free DVD with code samples, videos, .NET Rocks! episodes, and more.

What’s the best thing about it? You’ll run into 100 other people who work in companies in your town. Start shaking hands, saying hello, asking questions.

Go to a user group – There are no initiation rituals, no running around chanting in strange outfits. Just a bunch of people with interests like yours seeing cool presentations and product demos, and making connections. Where do you start? INETA has a great list here for groups focusing on Microsoft developer subjects. Show up, start shaking hands, or better yet volunteer to help organize the meetings.

The biggest challenge is getting out from behind the computer and introducing yourself. Once you get in the habit of that, the doors start to open wide.

-Kevin (Microsoft)

Learn about C# from Dr. Joe Hummel

kevinbri — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:22:00 GMT

Georgeo over on the MSDN Webcasts Blog outlines a Webcast series from Dr. Joe Hummel, a professor of CS. It’s a 15–part series, and you can win a new Portable Media Center just for watching!

-Kevin (Microsoft)

FREE 15 part C# webcast series

kevinbri — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:27:00 GMT

Dr. Joe Hummel talks about modern Windows development in Visual Studio .NET using C# in a series of webcasts. Dr. Hummel is a professor of Computer Science at Lake Forest College. This 15-part series covers a wide-range of topics, including object-oriented programming and development (OOP and OOD), Windows Forms (WinForms) GUI development, database programming with ADO.NET, defensive programming, exception handling, component-based development, multi-tier distributed design, and deployment. Also, learn what you can expect from the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2005, .NET 2.0, and C# 2.0. You might want check out Dr. Hummel’s last series, Modern Software Development in Visual Basic.NET as well.

-James (California State Univ., Long Beach)

Webcasts rollup - Lots of great webcasts for students

kevinbri — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:10:00 GMT

Not sure what a Webcast is? Check this out. You can watch them live or recorded, either way they are a lot more fun than reading a text book.

A sampling of what’s coming – see the rest of the newsletter for all the rest:

Digital Blackbelt Series: Joe Stagner shows you how to write code to withstand hackers.

Debugging and Tweaking Week: A full week focused on Visual Studio 2005.

One week of Webcasts isn’t enough for you? Try Interoperability MONTH! Plus you get a chance to win a new Portable Media Center just for watching.

Oh – and even BillG is doing Webcasts – watch this one talking about Microsoft Office System.

Another C# .NET Advanced Learning Program

kevinbri — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:36:00 GMT

David Smith, the Microsoft Student Ambassador at Michigan State University just published the details of his second C# .NET Advanced Learning Program (ALP). While this event is geared towards the students of MSU, it is open to anyone interested in learning about C# and .NET.

--Eric (Grand Valley State University)

Open Discussion on Windows and Linux

kevinbri — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:47:00 GMT

Martin A. Taylor and Bill Hilf hold an Open Discussion on Windows and Linux from the Microsoft perspective. In this third installment of TechNet Radio you will learn about the comparative differences between Windows and Linux and other open-source alternatives. The discussion also focuses on three key scenarios: total cost of ownership (TCO), security, and risk management.

Listen, download or read the transcript for this installment.

--Eric (Grand Valley State University)

Higher Education Webcasts - see what your profs are watching

kevinbri — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:42:00 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/education/epa.aspx

“Discover how you can bring technology into the classroom”

-Kevin Briody (Microsoft)

Can your code do take out?

kevinbri — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:15:00 GMT

There is still time to register and attend the FREE .NET Mobility Roadshow in your area. You also will have the chance to win a mobile device of your own.

The following locations still have upcoming shows:

Atlanta, GA
Portland, OR
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Mountain View, CA
Phoenix, AZ

Check it out and take your .NET code To Go.