Jen has significant brand and project expertise. Here, you’ll see samples from her work in media, equity, and education.

iQ: smartmedia is the overarching brand for multiple programs and content streams at WQED Multimedia that provided unique use of their platforms where Jen served as Executive Director of Educational Partnerships.  From introducing QR codes on phones at Zoos to a live-hosted nationwide TV broadcast for parents, iQ: smartmedia’s suite of unique and innovative media programs are featured below in three different platforms – phone, TV, and radio.  

In addition, there is a sampling of signature programs from the Girls, Math & Science Partnership, a program of Carnegie Science Center where Jen served as Executive Director.  GMSP’s mission was to engage, educate, and embrace girls as architects of change. Working with girls age 11-17 and their parents, teachers, and mentors, GMSP drew organizations, stakeholders, and communities together in an effort to ensure that girls succeed in STEM. We aimed to change the world, one girl at a time.  And we embrace girls as architects of change — envisioning, planning, organizing, shaping, and building a better world — with math and science as their tools.

Finally, you’ll see two signature projects from the Glazer Children’s Museum, where Jen served as President and CEO including state of the art innovations in exhibits and technology that elevated the brand proposition.

iQ Zoo

iQ Zoo, a partnership between WQED Multimedia and the Pittsburgh Zoo, was the first time PBS content was used to guide learning through the zoo via QR codes on a mobile phone.  University research found that the STEM content was retained better by those families using the enhanced video and audio on their way through…

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iQ smartparent

iQ: smartparent is an Emmy-Award winning program about parenting in the digital age.  A unique live talk show filmed at the historic studio where Fred Rogers himself created the land of make believe, iQ: smartparent plays into parents’ strengths and answers their questions about the latest in tech, teaching, and more.  Guided by national thought-leaders…

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BrainCake.org

BrainCake.org was a unique online sisterhood for girls ages 11–17, designed to let them “dream in math and science.” Debuting an updated version on February 14th, 2007, the site featured programs, scholarships, virtual mentoring, girl blogs, homework help, research and resources in a framework that integrated pop culture into a virtual notebook for girls interested…

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iQ Kids Radio

iQ Kids Radio was an award-winning live stream and program from WQED Multimedia and The Saturday Light Brigade (SLB). This 24/7 commercial-free children’s network featured PBS songs and content as well as a heavily-curated set of topical themed shows both safe and educational. Interspersed in the content were vignettes featuring youth voices – from telling…

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The Girl Solution

The Girl Solution was a gender equity toolkit created to assist educators, out-of-school time leaders, mentors, and parents to embolden them with new methods around gender equity in STEM settings.  GMSP’s toolkit, themed around a period table that combines 10 years of research-based techniques on what engages girls with authentic and inspiring tools for discovery…

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Click Spy School

Click! was a spy school for girls going into 6th – 8th grade.  The six day immersive experience built to engage girls for three consecutive summers paired academic content and experts with a compelling STEM storyline.  Click!’s innovative and unique program combines reality TV-style immersion with practicing scientific mentors, specialized computer tablets and interfaces, GPS,…

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SMALLab

SMALLab (Student Multimedia Accelerated Learning Lab) is a classroom-sized, transformational 3D learning environment for preK – 12 students and teachers to learn diverse subjects such as physics, chemistry, math, animation and more.  When I first read about SMALLab in the New York Times, I knew I wanted to bring this innovative program to the teachers…

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Can*Teen Toolkit

Can*Teen was a choose your own character adventure in the version of a tin-shaped toolkit. Well before Bitsbox and other subscriptions were on the market, Can*Teen provided parents with a smart alternative for their tween girl exploring STEM topics. With eight innovative characters voiced by real girls, Can*Teen toolkits were sold and given away to…

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