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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Category Archives: MicroMuseum
MicroMuseum Sessions 10 and 11 – Scriptwriting!
We got down to script writing after playing our version of “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” a game we call “Microbes, Microbes Everywhere!” in which bacteria eats protist, protist eats virus, and virus eats bacteria. Each, of course, has it’s own movement … Continue reading
MicroMuseum, Session 8 – Microscopes, Malaria and Movie (oh my)
This was an action packed session!! Right away we rushed to see Mysteries of the Unseen World, the latest AMNH Imax movie in our new 3D theater. These mysteries included things that are too small to see like… MICROBES! It was a fortuitous … Continue reading
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MicroMuseum, Session 9 – The Big Reveal!
In this session the big decision was made!! The two sites for the prototype will be… Water Buffalo (and Methanogen) and Coral (and Zooxanthellae)
MicroMuseum, Session 7 – Storyboarding AR Ideas
In an attempt to pick the two exhibits (out of five still under consideration) for the prototype of MicroRangers, we used transparencies over photos of the actual exhibits to develop potential storyboards of the augmented reality “microgames” players will have … Continue reading
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MicroMuseum, Sessions 5 & 6 – Setting the Location
The youth spent two whole days of their spring break with MicoMuseum for our 5th and 6th sessions. And boy did we get things done!! The first day we explored children’s games designed by Toca Boca, as well as their … Continue reading
MicroMuseum, Session 4: Iterative Design & The Hall of Ocean Life
In our fourth session of MicroMuseum we looked at the process of iterative design and how it relates to what we will be doing over the next two months. Each youth picked a random piece of paper bearing one of the … Continue reading
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MicroMuseum, Session 2: Augmented Ice Cream
Today was the second session of MicroMuseum. The first session focused all on science (microbiology). Today we flipped it and focused all on technology (augmented reality). And from here on out we’ll be combining the two. After a challenging name … Continue reading
MicroMuseum launched today – a mobile gaming program about microbial organisms
Today was a wild day for me. After participating in the press briefing for the new pterosaurs exhibit, where I helped share the exhibit-related card game developed within an after school program, we launched a NEW after school program that … Continue reading