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: Critiques
Revisiting Digital Engagement at the Field Museum
I was in Chicago recently for the Museums and the Web conference. Two years ago, in town for a different conference, I wrote about my visit to the Field Museum to learn how they were deploying digital media to engage … Continue reading
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The “Epic Theater” of a New Exhibit on Personal Computing
Have you ever had the experiencing of serendipitously stumbling into an unfamiliar museum to find yourself leaving a short time later in a state of amazement and delight? That happened to me yesterday at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery‘s new … Continue reading
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Designing Mobile Museum Experiences: Thoughts on the “Well-Played” App
You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you just might find You get what you need — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards This weekend my 5-year old daughter taught me some important lessons about … Continue reading
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Digital Instruction in MicroWorlds Investigate Lab
This is my final of three posts based on my trip last month, at the annual ASTC conference in Raleigh, to the North Carolina’s Museum of Natural Sciences. In this post we go to their MicroWorlds Investigate Lab. Christie Flint was … Continue reading
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Digital Engagement on Data Viz at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ Magic Table
This is my second of three posts based on my trip last month, at the annual ASTC conference in Raleigh, to the North Carolina’s Museum of Natural Sciences’ Visual World Investigate Lab. Matthew Faerber, the room’s Coordinator, was kind enough … Continue reading
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Getting Pedagogical with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ Magic Table
Last month, at the annual ASTC conference in Raleigh, I had the chance to visit the North Carolina’s Museum of Natural Sciences’ Naturalist Center. The room is a science exploration room for children with a really fascinating space, notable for … Continue reading
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Pick up the phone – Gapuwiyak is calling: Aboriginal Mobile Art
Can you hear it? Gapuwiyak is calling. Pick up the phone already! Where is Gapuwiyak? Gapuwiyak is an Australian Aboriginal community located in north-eastern Arnhem Land. Who is making the call? The Yolngu, a clan who lives in the region. … Continue reading
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A Youth Critique of the Louvre’s new Audio Guide on Nintendo 3DS
Katie takes part in many education programs here at the Museum. Due to a scheduling conflict, she couldn’t attend the last class of MicroMuseum (Paris called!). To make it up, she decided on her own to wrote up this “extra … Continue reading
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Google Glass and Museum-based Learning: A Day in D.C.
I don’t know much about Google Glass. I don’t own a pair. But I am fascinated by how electronic wearables, augmented reality, and cloud-based mobile computing are changing how we interact with the people and places in our lives. To … Continue reading
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My Beef With Badges: A Call for Conversation
Below is my latest column on DMLcentral. It addresses concerns I have had for some time and, writing it, helped me to crystallize how to address them. I hope this is seen not as a statement but as the start … Continue reading
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