Executive Board Member Activities
Kevin Kee
Below are Kevin Kee's research activities over the past few years.
Ontario Early Researcher Award, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario (November 2006), $150,000
Related Research Grants
Co-applicant, with Peter F. Biehl et al, Serious Play and the Cravens
Collection: Designing an Educational Video Game for the Outreach Program of the Cravens Collection of the College of Arts and Sciences, Digital Humanities Institute, University of Buffalo (February 2010), $3,200USD
Co-applicant--History at Play: Augmented Reality Gaming and the Ubiquitous Past--Image, Text, Sound and Technology Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (January 2009), $49, 560
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Research Assistant--
Brock University, Experience Works Program (April 2008), $8363.04
Producer and Principal Investigator--Outbreak--Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, Development Program Grant (November 2007), $50,000
Principal Investigator--The Simulating History Research Lab--
Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund, (November 2007), $46,400
Principal Investigator--The Simulating History Research Lab--
Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award, Ontario Innovation Trust (November 2007), $46,400
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Research Assistant--
Brock University, Experience Works Program (April 2007), $3,360.15
Conference Chair--Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference--
Brock University Advancement Fund Special Purpose Grant, Subvention for Scholarly Conferences and Workshops (April 2007), $2,500
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Programmer--Brock University, Experience Works Program (January 2007), $7,134.12
Conference Chair--Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference--
Brock University, Humanities Research Institute, Conference Grant (January 2007), $2,500
Principal Investigator--Simulating History: The Poetics of History Simulations--Image, Text, Sound and Technology Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (January 2007), $49, 891
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Research Assistant--
Brock University, Experience Works Program (August 2006), ~$3,600
Principal Investigator--Simulating History: The Best Practices for History Simulations Project--Image, Text, Sound and Technology Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (January 2006), $49, 996
Principal Investigator--Best Practices for Serious Games and Simulations--Brock University (2005), $32, 095
Principal Investigator--Digital Humanities: Infrastructure for Advanced Pedagogy and Serious Gaming--Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award, Ontario Innovation Trust (2005), $32, 095
Principal Investigator--Digital Humanities: Infrastructure for Advanced Pedagogy and Serious Gaming--Canada Foundation for Innovation (2005), $32, 095
Principal Investigator--Kevin Kee, Jamshid Baheshti, Andrew Large (P.I.s), Intelligent Virtual Environments: Paintings as Virtual Gateways to Canadian Social and Cultural History--Canadian Culture Online Programs, Partnerships Fund (2005), $403, 000
Stéphane Lévesque
Research Projects
Using the Virtual Historian to Engage in Authentic Historical Tasks
Historical Literacy In 21st Century Ontario: Research Using The Virtual Historian©
Presentations
Ontario History and Social Sciences Teachers' Association (OHASSTA) Conference November 6, 2009, Toronto
"Why Can't You Just Tell Me?": Learning History with the Virtual Historian
with Clare Leaper, Saunders Secondary School, Thames Valley District School Board
Based on empirical studies conducted with Ontario school boards using the Virtual Historian, we explore how students learn with technology and discuss the challenges of using it in current classroom settings. Emphasis is placed on practical application and student examplars. Participants used and discussed the Virtual Historian as a web-based learning program.
College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference November 13, 2009, Atlanta
"Using the Virtual Historian to Engage in Authentic Historical Tasks"
with Adam Friedman, Wake Forest University
This session conveyed to classroom teachers research-based strategies on how best to integrate Internet-based primary source documents, images, and animations into their instruction. The session focused on designing instruction that engages students in authentic inquiry and measures student achievement and perspective taking, and noted potential pitfalls to avoid.
