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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- Social Media Bans Versus Digital Literacy: The New Battle Over Cell-phone-free Schools and Youth Agency April 9, 2025
- Preparing Museum Studies Students to Understand Presidential Efforts to Redefine Museums as Tools of Propaganda April 2, 2025
- Article on my NYU course: Cool Course: Digital Design for Museum-based Learning March 19, 2025
- What is the Brooklyn SeltzerFest? March 10, 2025
- Announcing Brooklyn SeltzerFest & The 2nd Egg Cream Invitational February 12, 2025
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Category Archives: Theory
Social Media Bans Versus Digital Literacy: The New Battle Over Cell-phone-free Schools and Youth Agency
I received the email this week–my child’s high school’s PTA was having an event: Advocating for a Cell-phone-free Environment in Schools. It promised to address four topics pressing to parents: đź“Ś The move to remove cell phones from schools in New … Continue reading
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2023: A Year At Work and Play
Mark Twain once said: “Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” Twain, clearly, never worked with me! My favorite part of running my own consultancy is … Continue reading
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Exhausted/Elated by Day 4 of the Games For Change Festival
Can I tell you something? I’m exhausted! It’s the start of day 4 (of 5) of the 20th anniversary of the Games For Change Festival. Since March of 2020 I have worked from my home office. All day, I Zoom … Continue reading
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American Alliance of Museum’s Blog Post on my New Museum Design Book
The American Alliance of Museum is co-publisher of my recent book, Making Dinosaurs Dance: A Toolkit for Digital Design in Museums, which came out in spring (use the promo code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount). I am excited by this … Continue reading
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Highlights from the Making Dinosaurs Dance Book Release Party
On April 17th, wearing my favorite dinosaur-themed button down (bought off the sales rack when I worked at AMNH) I took to the “stage” at NYU for the book release party for Making Dinosaurs Dance. It was more than I … Continue reading
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Invitation to My Book Launch Party for Making Dinosaurs Dance
You are cordially invited to attend my book release party for my latest: Making Dinosaurs Dance. Please read below for the details and how to RSVP (required). I hope you can join us! BOOK LAUNCH PARTY For Author and ECT … Continue reading
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I co-edited the new Well Played Journal on esports
I am delighted to announce that this week the latest issue of the Well Played Journal was published, which I co-edited with Stan Altman and Nick Fortugno. It focuses on esports and community, based on the series of events I … Continue reading
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Can generating art through AI still make me an artist if ordering food on GrubHub doesn’t make me a chef?
“Barry made you this wonderful story,” my wife said as she handed out the home-printed book I made for my niece on the 4th night of Chanukah. “Well,” I added, “whether it is wonderful is still in question.” To which … Continue reading
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Innovations in Jewish Education: An Interview for the Adapting Podcast
What has the last decade looked like for digital learning in the Jewish education space? How has it been impacted by the pandemic? What are the possibilities for innovation in education or will radical affordances get co-opted by the existing … Continue reading
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My “Thrill of Psychomachia” published
Psychomachia, or conflict of the soul, is the title of a Latin poem from the early fifth century, a sort of literary Super Smash Bros. of personified virtues and vices. I used the concept as a metaphor to explore the … Continue reading
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