You may be aware of the fact that social networking is infiltrating our lives in one form or another. Many online classes are setup in a social networking capacity. Even Phi Theta Kappa’s own Competitive Edge and the portfolio site, Mahara, that is used for CE have networking capabilities. It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid.
If it is your goal to avoid social networking, that’s OK. I still believe in a good old fashioned face-to-face meeting, and with me they usually are accompanied by a hand shake or a hug. However, with the increasingly popular use of Smartphone technology, now equipped with email, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, eBuddy, AIM, Yelp, Tumblr, Flicker, Four Square, etc. (I think I made my point), all at the touch of a button , and it fits in your pocket…the days of actually being able to “reach out and touch someone” are dwindling. We are able to interact with a larger number of people from all over the world on a regular basis. This means that, although we certainly are able to shake hands with man or woman who we buy our produce from, we will have to settle for a video chat if we want a face-to-face with the person on eBay who is buying our previously viewed seasons one through five DVD set of How I Met Your Mother.
When I was little, someone came out and pumped our gas and a postal worker sold us stamps over the counter. We have since replaced those jobs with automated machines that you stick your credit card in, and forget coins; I can use a vending machine or pay my parking meter with my Visa or MasterCard. I will get off my soapbox for now so that I can get to the point of all of this. Technology is getting better and faster every day, and our choices for communication are increasing as well. So the 2011-12 International Officer Team would like to give you more than just one option to communicate with us as well as receive news and updates. We know how cumbersome it can get when you have to create yet another username and password for a site just to get some information. Therefore, we have joined a few sites in hopes that you are already on one of them and all you have to do is follow us.
· We are all on the Phi Theta Kappa NING Network: http://ptkregionalofficers.ning.com/
· Our team Twitter page: http://twitter.com/#!/ptkioteam
· A list of our email addresses are here: http://www.ptk.org/?q=about/international-officers
· Google Buzz: https://profiles.google.com/109946007010918648370/about
· Our team Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/ptkIOteam (Has our paged liked yours?)
· President https://www.facebook.com/PresidentTameka
· Div. II https://www.facebook.com/Ersmith10
· Div. III https://www.facebook.com/sayates
· Div. IV https://www.facebook.com/busynewdad
Don’t forget that Phi Theta Kappa also has some sites for you:
· Phi Theta Kappa Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/phithetakappa
· Phi Theta Kappa Official Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/PHITHETAKAPPA
· Phi Theta Kappa Official YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/phithetakappa
· CollegeFish: http://www.collegefish.org/
· Competitive Edge: http://my.ptk.org/edge/
· Phi Theta Kappa Foundation FB Cause: https://apps.facebook.com/causes/78095
· C4 page: http://www.cccompletioncorps.org/
With so many options for receiving information, it is no wonder why The Democratization of Information was chosen as an Honors Study Topic. I hope that you have found one or more of these web links beneficial. Please share them with your fellow chapter members and officers, and remember that you can contact any one of the International Officers if you have a question or concern.
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