Category Archives: Interviews

This is a collection of original interviews done for the site.

Interview with Kate Carmody on the Museum of Modern Art and Games as Curated Objects

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Barry

Video games, designed for play in the home or in arcades (does anyone still remember arcades?) are appearing more and more often in museums (re: Spacewar! at the Museum of the Moving Image: The Challenge of Bringing Games Into Museums). … Continue reading →

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The 2013 Mooshme Survey: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Barry

As 2012 turned to 2013, I wondered what the highlights had been in the past year in the intersection of digital media and museum-based learning? At the same time, I wondered what trends I needed to watch in the coming … Continue reading →

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Interview with High School Youth Talking About Youth Science Filmmaking

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Barry

With funding from The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust, graduates of the award winning Lab at Reel Works teamed up with science learners from the American Museum of Natural History over the Summer to … Continue reading →

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Interview with Jeffrey Yohalem, Game Writer for Assassin’s Creed & Far Cry 3: Re-thinking Museums From the Outside

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Barry

Occasionally this blog will look beyond the world of museum-based learning to explore what we can learn from those outside looking in. This interview will focus on commercial game design – specifically those multimillion dollar beasts that rival movies at … Continue reading →

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Geocaching Comes to the AMNH

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Barry

This past Friday I had the pleasure of supporting AMNH educational staff (namely, Nathan J. Bellomy) to bring geocaching to YouthCaN. YouthCaN is an international, youth-led organization that was once founded with iEARN at the museum and uses technology to … Continue reading →

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Interview with David Wells, NYSCI: Launching a Museum-based Maker Space

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Barry

I recently wrote here (re: Make Science?) about the emergence of Maker Culture, 3D printers, and my interest in figuring out what they might afford museum-based learning. This led me to David Wells, the new Manager of Creative Making & … Continue reading →

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Interview with Dirk vom Lehn: Using Technology in Museums to Support Learning Through Social Interaction

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Barry

Dirk vom Lehn is a sociologist and lecturer in marketing, interaction and technology in the Department of Management at King’s College London. With his colleagues at the Work, Interaction and Technology Research Centre and the Marketing Group, he undertakes research … Continue reading →

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Interview: Evan Matthew Fuchs, 5th Grade Teacher and Digital Innovator

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Barry

For the past 13 years, Evan Matthew Fuchs has been teaching 5th grade at the Green Vale School on the north shore of Long Island. A geek at heart, Evan is always looking for fun, cutting-edge ways to expand his … Continue reading →

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