Educational Uses of Wikis for Sharing LDS Messages

Although there are millions of articles on educational uses of wikis, I narrowed my search to wikis that are used to educate LDS people on ways to use wikis (and other new media) to share the gospel. I chose MormonWiki to highlight here. Stephanie Allen mentioned the More Good Foundation (abbreviated as “MGF” from here on) when she visited our class, and MormonWiki is sponsored by MGF and has a link to the MGF website.

MormonWiki is modeled after Wikipedia. It has the same look and the same tabs, and it provides instructions on how to create and edit wiki articles. In addition, it has links to hundreds of LDS articles, videos (including YouTube presentations), and other LDS resources and topics. Some members might feel more comfortable using MormonWiki in their first attempts at writing wiki articles.     

Although MormonWiki is open to anyone who wishes to contribute “positive and balanced content” about Mormonism and the LDS Church, MGF has editorial control.   

Here’s the path to MormonWiki:

http://www.mormonwiki.com/Main_Page

Notice that this site is a “dot com” though. Unfortunately, mormonwiki.org is an anti-Mormon site.

The link to the More Good Foundation site is also helpful. Members can check the “Ways to Share the Gospel Online” link on MGF to find useful tips on getting started. Here is the path for MGF:

http://www.moregoodfoundation.org

Links to BYU NewsNet articles are also helpful.