Tagged with "Technology"
Language pages provide church materials in more than 100 languages
For members around the world who don’t speak one of the 10 prevalent languages—Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish—finding Church materials in their native tongue may be a challenge. But for those who are aware of LDS.org’s language...
Church History Library launches new online catalog
MR says: This makes doing research easy because you can do it all from home. The Church announced the completion and official launch of the online Church History Catalog at the Mormon History Association conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, June 29, 2012. The project, which consisted of...
Book of Mormon on Squidoo
The Vineyard is offering a new activity on how to create a lens on Squidoo.com about the Book of Mormon. Millions of people visit Squidoo.com daily to share and read content. Your testimony and opinion of the Book of Mormon on this website will reach Squidoo readers worldwide as they seek truths...
Church history catalog online
A catalog of the vast holdings of the LDS Church History Library in Salt Lake City is now available online at history.lds.org. You can browse through or search the catalog to see what the Church History Library has to offer before you go to the library in Salt Lake City. Use it to figure out...
Today in the Bloggernacle: Hugh Nibley's new blog and Project Ezra
Who’d have thought it? Hugh Nibley having his own Twitter feed and now web site! The Twitter feed is run by the Hugh Nibley family and friends, but is set up to be quotes from the famous LDS scholar as if he was tweeting them each day. Love it! His website, also run by family and friends, is just...
Bloggernacle Back Bench: LDS tech news you can use
For some reason, blogs touting fantastic new apps and resource sites caught my eye this week. Discover history on your iPad. Use a handy conference study tool. Virtually visit a London chapel, right in time for the Olympics. And more. At the Mormon History Conference a few weeks ago, I was...
A global approach: Church history is being decentralized
A new online catalog making the vast holdings of the Church History Library in Salt Lake City more accessible to Internet users was announced June 29 at the Mormon History Association Conference, part of a presentation on the decentralization of Church history. Assistant Church Historian Richard...
Adding photos to LDS.org directory
MR says: Check out this cool new feature. Adding a photo to your LDS.org directory profile can help other ward and stake members recognize you and connect your name with your face. Having photos with profiles can be especially helpful in leadership meetings and other times when ward and stake members make...
Personal Progress website allows leaders to update progress
MR says: How very cool and handy for YW leaders. The Young women Personal Progress website (PersonalProgress.lds.org) now allows ward leaders to update value experiences for young women through the Leader Summary section of the site. If young women have opted to use the site, leaders can mark updates for...
Mormon missionaries use Facebook to drum up converts
MR says: One post on Facebook can reach 900,000 people instantly. If used correctly, it can be a great missionary tool. Mormon missionaries are harnessing the power of Facebook to reach out to new members, conducting more than 1 million online chats with prospective members in the past...
FamilySearch looking for indexers for non-English languages
MR says: Could you or someone you know help? With more than 120 FamilySearch indexing projects from countries outside the United States and representing 16 languages, FamilySearch officials are looking for indexers with expertise in a non-English language. This year, projects have been launched from...
'BibleStick' device provides spiritual support to military
MR says: This is a digital audio device growing in popularity among servicemen and women that is funded mostly by individual donors. A Christian software developer that creates "BibleStick" pocket-sized digital audio devices that can play the entire New Testament is reporting that requests for its product...
NSA names BYU a cybersecurity National Center of Excellence
MR says: Wow! Sounds impressive (and it is). Congratulations to BYU! BYU has been recognized as one of the nation’s premier academic institutions in the area of cybersecurity education. The National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security has designated BYU as a National Center for Academic...
Stake and ward websites replaced by a suite of tools
MR says: New tools include: lesson schedules, maps, a study notebook, and more. The classic.lds.org website (the version of LDS.org prior to November 2010) provided a website for each ward and stake, including calendars, directories, news, and lesson schedules. There is still a link to these sites on the...
“Tech Savvy” program on Mormon Channel
MR says: Watch video tutorials on great LDS apps, how to blog, parenting in the tech age, and more. The Mormon Channel has begun a new series of programs called Tech Savvy, which provides a fresh look at the latest technology available, how to use it, what the Church is doing with it, and ways to use it for...
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