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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360 Videos in Museums: Shot 4 – Student Tour-making at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
At the November Museums and Computer Network conference, I marveled at the different ways museums around the country are using 360 videos with their visitors or in their education programs. To highlights these different applications, I started this limited series … Continue reading
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360 Videos in Museums: Shot 3 – Dancing at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan
At the November Museums and Computer Network conference, I marveled at the different ways museums around the country are using 360 videos with their visitors or in their education programs. To highlights these different applications, I started this limited series … Continue reading
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360 Videos in Museums: Shot 2 – In the Field with the Field Museum
At the November Museums and Computer Network conference, I marveled at the different ways museums around the country are using 360 videos with their visitors or in their education programs. To highlights these different applications, I started this limited series … Continue reading
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360 Videos in Museums: Shot 1 – Underwater at the Shedd Aquarium
At the November Museums and Computer Network conference, I marveled at the different ways museums around the country are using 360 videos with their visitors or in their education programs. To highlights these different applications, I started this limited series … Continue reading
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Gamifying the Museum with NYU Game Center Graduate Students
This Spring, the American Museum of Natural History and the NYU Game Center partnered to create a classroom-in-residence at the Museum for a course entitled “Designing for Museums.” Students partnered with different departments at the museum to create prototypes, both … Continue reading
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The DigitalLearningification of Museums
Below is my post from my latest column on DMLcentral: This past October, I had the pleasure of presenting in Irvine, California at the new home for the Digital Media and Learning Conference on digital learning at museums. With my … Continue reading
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If Star Wars VII Was Reviewed As A Museum Exhibit Would It Still Be A Blockbuster? (spoiler-free)
If Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens was a new museum exhibit, would it be the latest blockbuster or more like a visit to a dusty collection behind glass? This spoiler-free movie review attempts to find out, using museum criteria … Continue reading
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Where We Stand: A Decade of Digital Media and Learning
My post this month on DMLcentral asked readers to reflect on the first ten years of the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative, and reviewed in brief why it will be their last: This October will mark nine years … Continue reading
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Using an Iterative Design Process to Re-vision Cultural Halls Through Digital Media
Last year we had an idea — one of those late-night-shouldn’t-you-be-sleeping kind of crazy ideas — for helping visitors form deeper connections with our the Hall of Northwest Coast Indians. To my delight it was included within a slate of … Continue reading
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MAKESHOP at Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum
During my visit this week to the Serious Play conference, I took a brief detour and got a fantastic trip to the MAKESHOP at the Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum, lead by my colleague Lisa Brahms, their Director of Learning and Research. (Long-time … Continue reading