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MicroMuseum, Session 2: Augmented Ice Cream

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Barry

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 →

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MicroMuseum launched today – a mobile gaming program about microbial organisms

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Barry

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 →

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NYTimes Recognizes AMNH’s Minecraft and Pterosaur Gaming Projects

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Barry

We are so super thrilled that today’s New York Time’s special magazine section features a wonderful article (re: At Play in Skies of Cretaceous Era) about how the Museum is, in their words, “an eager participant in a 21st-century movement … Continue reading →

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#DMl2014 Wrap-up: Developing STEM Literacy Through Gameplay and Game Design

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Barry

Last week I had the pleasure of coordinating and presenting at a panel at the 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference last week. From the program: MARCH 8 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Copley Developing STEM Literacy Through … Continue reading →

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Final Presentation by #scienceFTW

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Barry

Ruth Sherman is a new intern at the AMNH, from NYU’s Program in Digital Media Design for Learning. She assisted in the last month of programming for #scienceFTW program and graciously offered to write up the exciting final program session, … Continue reading →

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Developing Science-based Games with Teens: An AMNH Intern Reflects

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Barry

J.  Shepard Ramsay was an intern at the AMNH, from NYU’s Program in Digital Media Design for Learning, in our #scienceFTW program. With the conclusion of the program last week (snff snff) I asked Shepard to review his time in … Continue reading →

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Taking the New MakerBot Digitizer For a Spin

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Barry

Last Mother’s day, my two children and I took my wife to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the day. We went to see the special exhibit, Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity, which highlighted the “vital relationship between fashion and art … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Month of #scienceFTW: Bones, Stars, Scat, & Biodiversity

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Barry

When I last posted about our first month of #scienceFTW, our new science card game program led by Julia Zichello (Manager of AMNH’s Sackler Educational Laboratory), Nick Fortugno (Co-Founder/CCO of Playmatics), with support from J. Shepard Ramsay (NYU intern extraordinaire), … Continue reading →

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The 1st Month of #scienceFTW: Parasites & Koi Koi

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Barry

This month we launched a new program, #scienceFTW, in which teenagers are learning all about science through science-based card games and will eventually co-develop two different Pokemon-style card games. (photos from the month can be seen here) The first session … Continue reading →

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Notes From “Gaming in Museums to Engage Audiences” Panel at #ASTC2013

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Barry

This afternoon I participated in a panel at the ASTC conference called Gaming in Museums to Engage Audiences. It was organized by Sarah Carter, of SciGirls, Twin Cities Public Television, and was a fantasticly diverse panel, composed of Sookram Ramsaroop, … Continue reading →

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