Category Archives: Conferences

Where to catch me this week at MuseumNext and MCN

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Barry

You know what they say: when it rains, it pours. I haven’t been to a conference in months – last August’s Play Make Learn Conference and, before that, MuseWeb in April. Next week, however, I am set to attend two! … Continue reading →

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Winner of the GEE! Learning Games Award (Informal Learning Game category)

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Barry

Last May I announced I would be leading the informal learning category within the Madison, Wisconsin-based Play Make Learn Conference‘s 2021 James Paul Gee Learning Games Award. Below I am excited to announce which game won, and why. As a … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Renewing Cultural Halls Through Digital Experience Design

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Barry

For more years than I can remember I’ve had the privilege of working with graduate student interns from NYU, specifically from three programs: Digital Media Design For Learning, Games For Learning, and Educational Communication and Technology. Whether advancing user experience … Continue reading →

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How I Used ClubHouse to Make Connections at an Online Conference

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Barry

SEEKING CONNECTIONS I spent all week attending a conference I had heard about but never attended: MuseumNext. It is designed to “bring together a passionate community of museum leaders, makers and innovators to ask ‘what’s next for museums?’” I wanted … Continue reading →

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Museums Pitch Session for the French Embassy

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Barry

Today I was invited by The Cultural Services and Trade Office of the French Embassy in New York to be a judge for their Museum Pitch Session. It is part of their accelerator program LE CREATIVE LAB North America. It was exciting … Continue reading →

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Help me Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Games For Change #G4C18 Festival with a Pop-up Museum

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Barry

As one of the founders of Games For Change, I was delighted when they asked me to help them celebrate the 15th anniversary this summer with a pop-up museum. At previous conferences like Museums and the Web and the Games, … Continue reading →

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Making a Dino Dance video from MCN 2017

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Barry

Last November I was in Pittsburgh at the Museums and Computer Network conference, now one of my favorite. I offered a session called Making a Dino Dance: integrating a user-centered design process into a natural history museum, a ten minute overview of … Continue reading →

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