Tagged with "Technology"
The power of Pinterest
MR says: I, too, have succumbed. And I love it. One LDS blogger wonders “To 'pinterest' or not to 'pinterest'”…Thoughts? I have yet to become truly acquainted with pinterest and can't decide if we should truly meet. I love being creative, but wonder if it is truly worth it. Is the whole pinterest thing...
LDS bloggers give back
Say you’re a single parent struggling to raise children and you just wish you could finish or enhance your education to give them a better future. Well, LDS Business College, working with LDS Philanthropies, has a wonderful scholarship program for single parents — but not every single parent...
BYU students receive top cybersecurity award
Talented computer hackers can bring a website, business or even a nation to its knees by halting or destroying computer systems and computer networks. A survey conducted by Juniper Networks and the Poneman Institute in August 2011, revealed that 90 percent of organizations sustained at least one...
New Leadership Training Library on LDS.org
The Leadership Training Library is now available on LDS.org. It includes brief training videos and recorded messages that illustrate basic principles and practices from Handbook 2: Administering the Church. These video resources may be used by individual leaders or may be downloaded and shown in...
{LDSL Blog} Hi, My Name Is Ashley, and I'm a Technology Addict
While I was on vacation in paradise last week, I noticed that almost everyone was buried in technology. Why couldn't we tear away from virtual reality to enjoy the beautiful reality of where we were? I was on vacation last week, lying at the pool with my sister and our husbands. My sister took a...
Online library: Leading in the Savior's way
A valuable training resource for leaders in the Church across the world is now available on the Internet at lds.org/service/leadership. The new Leadership Training Library works hand in glove with Handbook 2: Administering the Church to illustrate specific sections with interactive video examples....
Update on (Mormon) Church Resources
LDS Music is a new app for music of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertently called The Mormon Church by friends of other faiths.) Browse and search Hymns and Children’s Songbook, read the words and sheet music and listen to...
LDS Mobile Apps Infographic
I found this infographic on LDS Tech that shows the LDS mobile apps available from the Church: LDS Gospel Library, Scripture Mastery, Mormon Channel, LDS Tools, LDS Youth, and LDS Music. Feel free to print copies and hand out to members of your ward or place it on your meetinghouse bulletin...
LDS General Conference PDFs and EPUBs Online
If you are a regular reader of LDS Media Talk, you’ve learned when the talks, video, and audio from the October 2011 LDS General Conference have been posted online. You also know there is a video of highlights from the conference, as well as conference highlights selected especially for...
BYU PhD student creates computer that composes music
MR says: Cool. The computer uses statistic to create new melodies that can evoke emotion. When BYU PhD candidate Kristine Monteith was sitting in natural language processing class, it wasn't letter sequences going through her head but music notes. The class was talking about probability in language that...
Church launches 'Leadership Training Library,' releases new training videos
MR says: The site is beautiful; love seeing updates whenever the Church makes them. This new and helpful update on resources available to LDS (Mormon) leaders and Church members, was prepared by Fernando Camilo. For those visiting the site who are friends of other faiths, we invite you to learn more about...
Why Do I Need an LDS Account?
MR says: The Church is only going more and more digital, and having an LDS account is both helpful and increasingly necessary. If you don't have an account, this article will tell you how to register. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offers a lot of online information and services, much of...
Things as They Really Are
MR says: Wow. This video makes me want to put down my iPhone a bit more.
New church Web developments
I don’t know if these online opportunities were specifically timed to come out around general conference, but there seems to be a flurry of new developments and websites originating from the church. Here are some: The Leadership Training Library. Have you checked out this incredible new...
WikiLeaks files: U.S. envoys helped Mormons worldwide
Thankful for the opportunity, an LDS Church official in Kazakhstan presented tenets of his faith to the central Asian nation’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, a tough former Communist labeled by detractors as corrupt and ruthless. General authority Paul Pieper, who represents the area for The...
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