Hi. I am Barry Joseph.
I am formerly the VP of Digital Experience at the Girl Scouts of the USA and Associate Director For Digital Learning at the American Museum of Natural History.
When I began at the Museum I used this blog to talk about my adventures, exploring issues related to digital media and museum-based learning. I featured original interviews, thought pieces, and highlights from my work and those of my colleagues at the AMNH.
Starting in 2020, with the launch of Barry Joseph Consultancy, LLC, I turned this blog into a place to explore digital engagement writ large.
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Video: The Revolution Has Been Digitized: MicroRangers, Youth Programs, and a Toolkit for the Future of Museums
Can teenagers co-design new digital experiences for museums? For six years at the American Museum of Natural History, we did just that. This week I was delighted to present how at the MuseumNext’s Digital Learning Summit. Named after an earlier … Continue reading
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Check out this INSANE Hollywood-style MicroRangers Trailer
To support this Sunday’s Game On! MicroRangers Competition, the following “trailer” was created, that will run on and off all day in our Hall of Ocean Life, on the giant screen beneath the whale. I can’t wait to see and … Continue reading
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NYTimes promotes MicroRangers in “Solving Mysteries at the AMNH, Smartphone in Hand”
Sometimes when it rains it pours. Today I am quoted in the New York Times, in two different pieces, each talking about digital games (both articles previewed online – the print versions come out tomorrow and this weekend). First, the … Continue reading
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Promotional Coverage for “Game On! MicroRangers Competition” Begins in the New York Observer
This Sunday we will hold a special event to bring people to the Museum to play MicroRangers, called Game ON! MicroRangers Competition. It will be a great opportunity to help spread the word about this new way to engage with … Continue reading
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MicroRangers March Madness
I guess I’ll do anything to promote MicroRangers! This week CBS Sports came to the Museum to record a goofy bit interviewing staff about building a bracket for March Madness. I carried a MicroRanger coin with me JUST IN CASE … Continue reading
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What’s the Buzz on MicroRangers? (A Brief Social Media Survey)
We’ve recently seen an uptick in social media postings about MicroRangers, from players as they play the new mobile game throughout the Museum. This is an informative (and exciting) way for us to collect unsolicited feedback about the player experience. … Continue reading
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MicroRangers Promotional Videos
As press outreach begins for MicroRangers (here’s yesteryday’s piece from NY1) I wanted to collect these videos in one place, designed to offer a taste of the game. This is a movie-trailer style promo for MicroRangers. Imagine a narrator saying, … Continue reading
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MicroRangers To The Rescue! A new mobile app from the Museum brings an invisible world to life
This season’s issue of Rotunda, our Member magazine, features a two-page spread inaugurating the launch of our new mobile game, MicroRangers. You can download it here or read it below (you can also learn more at MicroRangers.org, where you can … Continue reading
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MicroRangers Teaser Video
MicroRangers is coming… in just few weeks. And here’s a little teaser. Below is a photo of the Communicator Coins which just arrived TODAY! We’re so excited to see them. Conceptually, they began as cards – one which I had … Continue reading
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MicroRangers Back in the Studio
Earlier this summer, after a competitive audition process, we brought youth from across our Education programs into the AMNH sound studio to record audio for MicroRangers, our upcoming, Hall-based mobile game. This is always an exciting time, as the project … Continue reading
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