John K. Lee

Georgia State University

MSIT Dept.

PO Box 3978

Atlanta, GA 30303

404-651-0201

jklee@gsu.edu

 

Academic Degrees

 

Ph.D.

May, 2000

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Major: Social Studies Education

Dissertation: An analysis pre-service social studies students' knowledge about teaching history

 

Ed.S.

1997

Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia

Major: Social Studies Education

Thesis: A Comparison of teacher’s and students’ historical understanding

 

M.Ed.

1993

Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia

Major: Social Studies Education

 

B.A.

1986

University of Georgia Athens, Georgia

Major:  History

 

University Teaching Experience

 

2000 - Present

Georgia State University, College of Education, Atlanta, Georgia

Assistant Professor

Courses taught

·         EDSS 3400 Topics in Middle Grades Social Science/History

·         EDSS 4480 Methods of Middle Child Social Studies

·         EDSS 4580 Principles of Social Studies Instruction

·         EDSS 6560 Principles of Social Studies Instruction

·         EDSS 7540 Theory and Pedagogy of Social Studies Instruction

·         EDSS 7570 Social Studies Instruction

·         EDSS 8290 Learning, Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies

·         EDSS 8420 Topics in the School Social Studies Curriculum (Digital History)

·         EDSS 8550 Trends and Issues in Teaching Social Studies Education

·         EDCI 6600 Principles of Instruction

 

Social Studies Unit coordinator 2000-present

Graduate faculty dissertation committee work

 

1999- 2000

University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Charlottesville, Virginia

Teaching Assistant, Graduate Assistant, Adjunct Faculty

Grants

 

2002 - 2005

Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education Comprehensive Grant

Grant Title: Digital Historical Inquiry Project: Transforming Pre-Service Teacher Social Studies Training

Principle Investigators: John K. Lee, Philip Molebash, and David Hicks

Amount: $ 500,665

 

2002

Michel Civic Education Grant - Dirksen Congressional Center

Grant title: The Digital Semantics of the U.S. Constitution

Amount: $3,500

 

2001

Scholarly Inquiry Grant - Georgia State University

Grant title: Constructing Digital History

Amount: $3,000

 

2001 - 2002

Impact II: Network Fellowship - Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education

Grant title: Social studies teachers' uses of digital historical resources

Principle investigators: John K. Lee and David Hicks

Amount: $6,000

 

2000 - 2001

Weed and Seed Network Neighborhood Program Grants - City of Charlottesville, Virginia

Grant title: Empowering urban youth through technology mentoring

Principle investigator: Clifford T. Bennett

Co-investigators: John K. Lee and Kathy Harris

Amount: $7,500

 

Professional Work Experience in K-12 Education

 

1997 - 1998

Huguenot High School,

Richmond City Public Schools, Richmond, Virginia

9th and 11th grade history

 

1996 - 1997

Kendrick Middle School,

Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, Georgia

8th grade social studies; chaired grade level and school advisory council; teacher mentor; and student council advisor.

 

1989 - 1996

Riverdale Middle School,

Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, Georgia

7th and 8th grade social studies, science and language arts; chaired department, grade level, school advisory council, textbook selection committee, and curriculum development team; teacher mentor; and student council advisor.

Other Activities

 

1999 - present

Georgia State University faculty governance committee memberships

·         Member of Department of Middle/Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Advisory Council

·         Member and Chair of College of Education Content Committee

·         Member of College of Education P-16 Standards-based Teacher Education Programs (STEP) Committee

·         Department of Middle/Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Social Studies program unit coordinator

 

2004

Member of National Assessment for Educational Progress United States history standing committee review board.

 

2003-2004

Member of the Georgia Quality Core Curriculum expert Advisory Board for social studies

2000 - 2003

Network Fellow 

Center for Technology and Teacher Education

Research on the pedagogical uses of digital historical resources

 

2002 – present

K-12 section editor

Journal for the Association of History and Computing

 

2000 - present

Co-Editor, Social Studies section

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education

http://citejournal.org

 

2001

Participant in the National Technology Leadership Retreat

Orlando, Florida

Sponsored by US Department of Education and the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education - A PT3 (preparing Tomorrow’s Teacher’s to Use Technology) Initiative

 

1998 - 2000

Graduate Fellowship and Research Associate

Center for Technology and Teacher Education

Development of technology related curriculum materials for k-12 and higher education

 

1999 - 2000

Editor for Operations

Virginia Education Review

 

 

 

 

Articles in national and international referred publications

 

Lee, J. K. (2005, in press). Pre-service social studies teachers using digital civic resources.  International Journal of Social Education 20(2).

Clarke, W. G. & Lee, J. K. (2004). The promise of digital history. The Clearing House 78(2), 84-87.

Lee, J. K. and Molebash, P. (2004). Outcomes of various scaffolding strategies on student teachers’ digital historical inquiries of Journal of Social Studies Research 26(1), 25-35.

Lee, J. K. and Calandra, B. (2004). Can embedded annotations help high school students perform problem solving tasks using a Web-based historical document? Journal of Research on Technology in Education 36(4), 65-84.

Bolick, C. M., Hicks, D., Lee, J. K., Molebash, P., & Doolittle, P. (2004). Digital libraries: The catalyst to transform teacher education. AACE Journal 12(2), 198-217. [Online]. Available: http://dl.aace.org/16346.

Lee, J. K. and Clarke, W G. (2004). Doing digital local history: The story of Aspah Perry. Social Education 68(3), 203-207.

Hicks, D., Doolittle, P., and Lee, J. K. (2004). History and social studies teachers' use of classroom and Web-based historical primary sources. Theory and Research in Social Education 32(2), 213-247.

Hicks, D., Carroll, J., Doolittle, P., Lee, J., and Oliver, B. (2004). Teaching the mystery of history. Social Studies and the Young Learner 16(3), 14-17.

Lee, J. K. and Molebash, P. (2004). Using digital history for positive change in social studies education. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education 20(4), 151-155.

Lee, J. K. and Clarke, W G. (2003). High school social studies students’ uses of online historical documents related to the Cuban missile crisis. Journal of Interactive Online Learning 2(1), Available http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/archives/2003/summer/toc.asp

Lee, J. K. & Robinson, K. (2003). Investigating monetary policy in the Populist Era using a graphing calculator. Social Education 67(3), 151-153.

Hicks, D., Tlou, J., Lee. J. K., Lindsay, P., & Doolittle, P. (2002). Global connections: Using the Internet to support citizenship. International Journal of Social Education 17(1), 93-102.

Lee, J. K. (2002). Digital history in the history/social studies classroom. The History Teacher 35(4), 503-518.

Lee, J. K. (2002). Ideology and the Web. Social Education 66(3), 161-165.

Lee, J. K. (2002). Missing in action-subject matter and the pedagogy of digital historical resources. International Social Studies Forum 2(2) 1-21.

Lee, J. K. (2002). Principles for interpretative digital history web design. Journal of the Association of History and Computing 5(3), Available: http://mcel.pacificu.edu/JAHC/JAHCV3/K-12/lee.html 

Blasi, L. & Lee, J. K. (2001). From the quill to the keyboard: Technology and Literacy as seem through the Declaration of Independence – Part II. English Journal 90(6), 111-114.

Blasi, L. & Lee, J. K. (2001). From the quill to the keyboard: Technology and Literacy as seem through the Declaration of Independence. English Journal 90(5), 123-126.

Lee, J. K. (2001). Pre-service social studies teachers' reckoning with historical interpretations and controversy arising from the use of digital historical resources. Journal of the Association of History and Computing 4(2), Available: http://mcel.pacificu.edu/JAHC/JAHCIV2/ARTICLES/lee/leeindex.html

Fairy, C., Lee, J. K., & Bennett, C. T. (2000). Technology and social studies: A Conceptual model for integration. Journal of Social Studies Research 24(2), 3-9.

Lee, J. K. (2000). E-Citizen. Social Education 64(6), 378-379.

Mason, C., Berson, M., Diem, R., Hicks, D., Lee, J., & Dralle, T. (2000). Guidelines for using technology to prepare social studies teachers. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education 1(1). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol1/iss1/currentissues/socialstudies/article1.htm

Fairy, C. Bennett, C. T., & Lee, J. K. (1999). History uninspired? A critical look at Tom Synder's American History Inspirer: The Civil War. Social Education 63(3), 162 - 164.

Drier, H. S. & Lee, J. K. (1999). Learning about climate: An exploration in geography and mathematics. Social Studies and the Young Learner 12(1), 6-10.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Conceptualizing social studies and technology: An essay. Journal of Social Studies Research 23(1), 24-31.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Historical inquiry and technology. Computers and the Social Studies 8(5).

Lee, J. K. and Bennett, C. T. (1999). Social studies and the language of technology. Tech Trends 43(4), 27-30.

 

Articles in regional referred publications or ERIC

Lee, J. K. (2000). Assessing pre-service students' knowledge in a social studies methods course using digital resources. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. 444 562).

Lee, J. K. (1999). Using spreadsheets in social studies: Demographic voting trends in recent presidential elections. Virginia Society for Technology Education Journal 14(1), 6-15.

 

Articles in non-referred publications

Lee, J. K. (2003, January). Civics in the Information Age. Cable in the Classroom, Available: http://www.ciconline.com/Enrichment/Teaching/learningwithtechnology/magarticles/mag_civics_jan2003.htm

 

Book chapters

Lee, J. K.  (2005, in press) Engaging pedagogy in an AP European history classroom. In O. L. Davis & E. Yeager (Eds.) Wise practice in social studies. Information Age Press.

Berson, M. J., Lee. J. K., & Stuckart, D. W. (2001). Promise and practice of computer technologies in the social studies: A critical analysis. In W. Stanley (Ed.) Social Studies Research: Problems and Prospects. Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing, pp. 209-23.

 

Textbooks

Lee, J. K. (Under development, publication 2006). Elementary social studies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Niess, M., Lee, J. K., and Kajder, S. (Under development, publication 2005). Guiding learning WITH technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Book Reviews

Hick, D and Lee, J. K. (2004). Teaching history at university: Enhancing learning and understanding [Review of the book Teaching history at university: Enhancing learning and understanding]. Teachers College Record Volume 106 Number 8, 2004, p. -
http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11303, Date Accessed: 4/19/2004

 

Refereed conference papers and presentations

Lee, J. K. and Calandra, B. (2005). The Georgia Digital History Project (GDHP): An interpretative/pedagogical digital history website. A demonstration at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Berson, M., Glenn, A., Lee, J. K., Bolick, C, Waring, S., Crow, A., Diem, R., Berson, I., Merryfiled, M., Hick, D., and Friedman, A. (2005). Enhancing democracy with technology in the social studies:. Invited Panel at Social Studies Special Interest Group business meeting at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Clarke, G. W. and Lee, J. K. (2005). Using digital historical resources to enhance pre-service teachers’ understanding of how local primary resources can be used in historical inquiry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Phoenix, Arizona.

Lee, J. K. and Clarke, G. W. (2005). A comparison of high school social studies students' uses of digital and non-digital historical collections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Phoenix, Arizona.

Molebash, P., Hicks, D, Doolittle, P., Ewing, T, Lee, J. K., Bolick, C., Hofer, M., and Swan, K. (2005). Multimedia, historical inquiry and preservice teacher education: Fostering a networked collaboration to facilitate wise practices in 21st Century social studies classrooms. Symposium at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Phoenix, Arizona.

Lee, J. K. (2004). Visual historical representation and storytelling in social studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Chicago, Illinois.

Lee, J. K. and Clarke, G. W. (2004). High school social studies students’ use of online digital historical collections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.

Clarke, W. G., Lee, J. K., and Pitman, D. (2004). The promise of digital history in the teaching of local history. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Atlanta, Georgia.

Lee, J. K. (2003). Wise practice in two high school social studies classes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Chicago, Illinois.

Lee, J. K. (2003). Digital narrative: Transforming linear historical essays into non-linear hypertext. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Chicago, Illinois.

Lee, J. K., Hicks, D., and Doolittle, P. (2003). How the Web is being used to teach history: The result of the national survey of NCSS members. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Chicago, Illinois.

Lee, J. K. & Hicks, D. (2003). Are we using the Web to support teaching the doing of history: The result of the National survey? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Lee, J. K. & Hicks, D. (2003). Use of digital historical resources in a large urban school system. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Lee, J. K. & Hicks, D. (2002). Patterns of teacher use of digital and non-digital historical resources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Phoenix, Arizona.

Lee, J. K. & Hicks, D. (2002) Digital historical resources in a large school system. A paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Nashville, Tennessee.

Hicks, D., Doolittle, P., & Lee, J. K. (2001). From theory to practice: The synthesis of constructivism, technology and the social studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Washington, D.C.

Lee, J. K. (2001). The contingency of pedagogy on subject matter relating to digital historical Resources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington.

Lee, J. K., Hicks, D., & Berson, M. (2001). CITE Journal Editor’s Presentation. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Orlando, Florida.

Lee, J. K. (2000). Constructivist pedagogy and digital historical resources. Paper presented at the annual conference of the College and University Faculty Assembly, San Antonio, Texas.

Stanley, W., Berson, M. J., Lee, J. K., Levstik, L., Parker, W., Ross, E. W., Santora, E., & Shaver, J. P. (2000). Social studies research: Problems and prospects in informing practice. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, San Antonio, Texas.

Lee, J. K. (2000). Using technology to maximize delivery of world history content. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, San Antonio, Texas.

Lee, J. K. (February, 2000). Assessing pre-service students' knowledge in a social studies methods course using digital resources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Diego, California.

Mason, C., Berson, M., Diem, R., Dawson K., Keiper T., Alibrandi, M., Hicks, D., Dralle, T., & Lee, J. (2000). Waking the sleeping giant: Social studies teacher educators collaborate to integrate technology into methods' courses. Paper to be delivered at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Diego, California.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Using technology to maximize delivery of world history content. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, Orlando, California.

Mason, C., Diem, R., Berson, M., Lee, J. K., Graham, B., & Bennett, C. T. (1999) Project Impact: Infusing technology into social studies methods. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Orlando, Florida.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Creating and using digital archives. Roundtable discussion at the annual conference of the Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Reston, Virginia.

Lee, J. K. Bennett, C. T., & Wilson, C. (1999). What's on the Web? Presentation at the annual conference of the Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Reston, Virginia.

Dawson, K, Mason, C., Lee, J. K., Berson, B., & Graham, B. (1999). Project Impact: Reinventing social studies teacher education trough technology. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Association of Computing Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey.  

Lee, J. K. & Blasi, L. (1999). Rhetoric, hypertext, the web and the Declaration of Independence. Presentation at Connecting Curriculum: Choices and Challenges for the 21st Century Summer Renewal Conference, jointly sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English and the National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Spreadsheets and databases in the social studies classroom. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Society for Technology Education, Norfolk, Virginia.

Berson, M., Dawson, K., Mason, C., Diem, R., Harwood, A., Kieper, T., Larson, B. & Lee, J. K. (1999). Linking social studies and technology: Evolving a dialogue for collaboration. Roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Antonio, Texas

Dawson, K., Mason, C., Bennett, C., Lee, J., Berson, M., Harwood A., Larson, B., & Diem, R. (1999). Promoting powerful social studies teaching and learning through the use of technology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Informational Technology and Teacher Education, in San Antonio, Texas.

Berson, M., Diem, R., Watson, K. Harwood, A. Larson, B. Mason, C., & Lee, J. K. (1998). Technology training in the social studies teacher education: The Impact project. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Anaheim, California.

Diem, R., Berson, M., Watson, K. Harwood, A. Larson, B. Mason, C., & Lee, J. K. (1998). Promoting appropriate application of technology in social studies methods course: The Impact project. Presentation at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly, Anaheim, California

Mason C. & Lee, J. K. (1998). Virtual fieldtripping. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Homestead, Virginia.

 

 

Workshops, in-services, and consulting

 

Lee, J. K. (2004) Teaching the Middle East workshop sponsored by the Georgia Middle East Studies Alliance. Workshop co-director

 

Lee, J. K. (2002 - 2004). Consultant to the National Council for the Social Studies and Texas Instruments on the development of instructional plans for using handheld devices in social studies.  

 

Lee, J. K. (2001-2003). Consultant to the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia for review and revision of Georgia P-16 Initiative, Performance Assessment for Colleges and Technical Schools (PACTS) Social Studies Assessment Tasks.

Lee, J. K. & Fernuld, S. (2000). Internet related instructional strategies for elementary teachers. A series of four three hour workshops conducted with elementary teachers in Nelson County Virginia Public Schools.

Mason, C., Lee, J. K., Molebash, P., Graham, B. & Dralle, A. (1999-2000). Integrating technology in middle and secondary school social studies. A two-year professional development project with teachers as part of the XL Education Initiative, Hamilton, Bermuda.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Teaching Social Studies: Reaching the At-Risk Students grades 9-12. Workshop conducted with high school teachers in Prince George Public Schools, Prince George, VA.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Teaching and Testing Social Studies Sols Grades 9-12. Workshop held with high school teachers in Prince George Public Schools, Prince George, Virginia.

Lee, J. K. (1999). Methods of social studies instruction. Conducted a four-day workshop on the use of technology in social studies. Richmond County Public Schools, Richmond County, Virginia.

Lee, J. K. (1998-2000). National Council for the Social Studies technology summer workshop. Conducted numerous workshops during this three-day workshop. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Bennett, C. T. & Lee, J. K. (1998). Social Studies and the Virginia Standards of Learning. Keynote presentation at the social studies winter in-service. Henrico County Public Schools, Henrico County, Virginia

Mason, C. & Lee, J. K. (1998). Introduction to Technology and Social Studies. Conducted six-session workshop sponsored by the Virginia Educational Technology Alliance, Albemarle County, Virginia.

Lee, J. K. (1998). Social Studies and Technology. Workshop for social studies teachers in Portsmouth City Public Schools, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Lee, J. K. & Causey, V. (1997). Work 'n' progress: Stories of Southern labor. Developed educational materials for secondary social studies classes on southern labor history, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

 

Current professional and Academic Association Memberships

 

American Educational Research Association

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

International Society for Technology in Education

National Council for the Social Studies

College and University Faculty Assembly

Society of History Teachers