Hi,
I am also a newbie to fedora development.
Use following links to communicate with fedora community
IRC channel (GSOC)
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#fedora-summer-coding
IRC channel (Devel)
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#fedora-devel
Mailing List (Devel)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
and also use following link to get an idea about upcoming projects
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2016