My philosophy of education is built on two theories: pragmatism and reconstructivism (i.e. critical theory). From the reconstructivism, I take the belief in individuals and to questions everything. Also, that life is not simple. One must examine the complexity of life to make meaningful change. With that said, reconstructivism believes that no one single person has great insights than other individuals. Impacting the relationship of teacher/students, they should work to co-construct learning. Pragmatism weaves itself like a virus through an email attachment to my whole belief system. Luckily for me, there is not program remove the pragmatism virus from my belief system. I love theory but at times theory alone does not help improve teaching/learning process. I found that linking theory to practice my major goal through principles of pragmatism help me.
When I approach technology, I want to find a place for technology in my teaching practice. However, I do not want technology simply to become a passing fad as most innovations do in education. At this point in my career, here is what I understand about technology. Technology has a place in my instructional delivery and student practice. The only problem I face is what does this technology look like in my instructional delivery and what technology helps teachers/students practice. One major obstacle for me is that in my work as teacher trainer many times technology has not found its way into a majority of classroom in meaningful ways.
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