Temple University

Graduate Student, Mass Media and Communication

Senior Manager, Education Content and Curriculum - Common Sense Media

School of Communications and Theater

Thesis Title: "Protecting and empowering preteens online: Exploring mediation and media literacy strategies of parents"

About

Kelly Mendoza is a Media Education Consultant and Doctoral Candidate in the Mass Media and Communication Program at Temple University. Currently, she works as Senior Manager of Education Content and Curriculum at Common Sense Media, where she develops digital literacy and citizenship programs for schools.

Her research interests include the benefits and challenges of new media in families and schools.  In her dissertation research, she explores what strategies parents' report using to guide and monitor their preteen’s Internet use, and what challenges parents face with their preteens digital media use.

Kelly has produced media education curriculum and programs for teachers, children, and parents:

-"Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture," a free online curriculum for grades K-12, Common Sense Media (2010-present)
http://www.commonsense.org/educators/
-"Digital Nation: Digital Workshop" online resources for parents and educators for PBS Frontline (2010)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/
-"Common Sense Schools: A Parent Media Education Program," Common Sense Media (2008-2009)
-Powerful Voices for Kids, a media literacy professional development for K-6 teachers and summer program for kids from the Media Education Lab (2009)
http://www.drugfreepa.org/media/teachers.asp
-"Media Straight Up!" for Drug Free Pennsylvania (newest version) (2009)
http://mediaeducationlab.com/powerful-voices-kids
-My Pop Studio, an interactive media literacy game site for preteen girls from the Media Education Lab (2005-2008) www.mypopstudio.com
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators
-"Growing Up Online" teacher and parent guide for PBS Frontline (2008) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/kidsonline/
-"Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement" for PBS Teachers (2008) http://www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008/blueprint/
-"TEAM:  Tobacco Education and Media"  Multimedia game for middle schoolers addressing media literacy skills for smoking in movies. (2003-2005) (No longer available.)

Kelly also provides media education professional development for K-12 educators and media literacy workshops for children and parents.

She is the recipient of the 2007 "Media Smart Research Award" from Cable in the Classroom.

She serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Media Literacy Education (www.namle.net)

Kelly holds an undergraduate degree in Communication and Visual Arts from Regis University and a master’s degree in Communication from the University of Colorado at Denver.

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