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: From My Work
Impressions from the MicroRangers prototype
Hey there everybody. I’m Carl, a new digital learning and game design intern at the museum. I’m going to be working with Barry and others on the MicroRangers project, and I’m super excited about it! For a bit of background … Continue reading
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Preparing the Virtual Neanderthal Flute for Crime Scene Neanderthal
Crime Scene Neanderthal (CSN), launching in beta to the public within our Hall of Human Origins this April, will feature (amongst other things) a virtual Neanderthal flute that visitors can play. Maybe you’ve seen this type of thing before on … Continue reading
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MicroRangers Behind-The-Scenes: Katie in the Recording Booth
Last summer, when we completed the prototype for the Museum-based game, MicroRangers, production was put on indefinite hold. Since then, the Museum has given this exciting new game the green-light and a funder has stepped up to turn our dreams … Continue reading
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New Learning Times Interview with… Me
I don’t always repost interviews others have done with me, but since this one is behind a user account, and they called me a “changemaker,” I wanted to share it here. The original was done by Kate Meersschaer and can … Continue reading
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The Sound of Project-Based Informal Science Learning
I was just at our 22nd session within our Neanderthal Next Door program – in which the high school seniors are developing an augmented activity guide about Neanderthals for use in our Halls – and I began to listen to … Continue reading
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“People need a change in lighting because they walk to the right” – Using Design-based Learning with Museum Teens
A couple of weeks after shifting to more of a design focus in the Neanderthal Next Door program, we tried an ideation activity with the youth called a “Point-of-View Madlib.” (Remember Mad Libs?) Taken from Stanford d.school’s “Bootcamp Bootleg” deck … Continue reading
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New Science Gaming Programs: Killer Snails, MicroRangers, & Playing with Dinos (oh my!)
In 2015, within the Museum’s Youth Initiative Winter offerings, there will be three (count them – three!) different science programs that explore science-based games in completely different ways. Each draws from science topics of interest to the Museum, explores how … Continue reading
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New program launch: The Neanderthal Next Door
Last week we launched at the Museum an exciting new youth program, called The Neanderthal Next Door. The title refers to the fact that evolution is not linear, we lived at the same time as the Neanderthal and, at least … Continue reading
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Tooting Our Own Horn: Nice Words About This Blog
The Future of Museums recently posted an update to their blog roll (the blogs they follow) and I am honored they chose to add this one. Since they are one of my fantastic resources for cutting-edge thinking about museums – … Continue reading
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The Augmented Activity Guide Program Culminating Event
The second week of the Augmented Activity Guide Program flew by in a blur as the GK Leaders worked hard to develop and design their activity pages. Early in the week they had the opportunity to meet, via Skype, Nadine … Continue reading
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