Author Archives: Barry

About Barry

Innovating solutions for learning in a digital age.

NYC Youth & Gaming, part 1: Re-centering Around Agency

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Barry

1. TEENS, VIDEO GAMES, & AGENCY Earlier this year I was tasked with learning what roles video games play in the lives of NYC teenagers – specifically Black and brown high school students. I entered the project well aware of … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting, Theory | Tagged , | Comments Off on NYC Youth & Gaming, part 1: Re-centering Around Agency

eSports Students Use Video Games for College Outreach

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Barry

This past week I had the pleasure of producing an eSporting event led by City College of New York students for Harlem Week. Harlem Week is an annual celebration of “the best of Harlem.” CCNY, located in West Harlem, offered … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting | Tagged | Comments Off on eSports Students Use Video Games for College Outreach

Curated List of Games for Civic Identity

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Barry

This month I had the pleasure of working with Andy Robertson, who founded and runs the amazing Family Video Game Database, to highlight a collection of video games that can develop a deep sense of civic identity. If you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting, From My Work, Practice | Comments Off on Curated List of Games for Civic Identity

What happened when a museum asked itself What data is driving our decision making?

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Barry

Madlyn Larson has worked at the Natural History Museum of Utah leading Research Quest for over a decade. Research Quest leverages the Museum’s collections and their research for science learning in middle school classrooms. I began working with Madlyn last … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting, From My Work, Interviews | Tagged | Comments Off on What happened when a museum asked itself What data is driving our decision making?

The ONE Game to Play to Understand Your Teenage Gamer

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Barry

Perhaps nothing creates more anxiety for adults than imagining what their teens are up to when no one is watching. That’s why my ears perked up when I read this quote in a New York Times interview with Richard Tyler … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting, From My Work, Personal | Comments Off on The ONE Game to Play to Understand Your Teenage Gamer

New Research on Role of Games in Lives of Today’s Teens from Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Barry

“We used to love playing Xbox all day. That used to be great. But now that it’s all we really do or have to do, they’re always like, ‘Oh, I’m so bored of Xbox. I just wanna do something else.’” … Continue reading →

Posted in From My Work, Theory | Tagged | Comments Off on New Research on Role of Games in Lives of Today’s Teens from Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Announcing the Informal Learning Game category within the GEE! Learning Games Award

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Barry

In the past year have you done… anything? Given the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, if you’re even just still here to read this I KNOW you deserve an award. But if you ALSO created a learning game … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting | Comments Off on Announcing the Informal Learning Game category within the GEE! Learning Games Award

When Worlds Collide: Is Digital Design Denigrating or Saving Museums?

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Barry

Yesterday, I spent an hour with five African-American and Latinx boys from West Harlem. All gamers. Over Zoom, we chatted about the role games played in their lives, how it helps them to be who they want to be in … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Joseph Consulting, Conferences, Critiques, From My Work | Tagged | Comments Off on When Worlds Collide: Is Digital Design Denigrating or Saving Museums?

What I Learned at MuseWeb 2021

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Barry

MuseWeb (the conference formerly know as Museums and the Web) is one of my favorites. The attendees are amazing and I always learn so much. This year’s MuseWeb, to combat Zoom fatigue, is spread all over the month. But this … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Toolkit | Comments Off on What I Learned at MuseWeb 2021

Where to Find Me at the upcoming MuseWeb Conference

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Barry

I love MuseWeb. When I started work in 2012 at AMNH, it was the only conference everyone asked me about. Are you going? Are you going? So eventually I went, and I found my people. Educators were still a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, From My Work, Personal, Toolkit | Comments Off on Where to Find Me at the upcoming MuseWeb Conference