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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- Unpacking Sondheim: Me and my book in Games Magazine November 22, 2024
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- Launch of new web site for the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum November 4, 2024
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Category Archives: Theory
Both Sides of the Screen: Museums Seeking Balance in a Digital Age
Below is a reblog of my recent column on DMLcentral: There’s a New Yorker cartoon, published this past March, that shows a mother and child in a museum, the child pointing a device towards a painting. “It’s an audio guide, … Continue reading
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Inside 3D Printing Conference: Can Everyone Be a Designer?
Today I popped over to the Inside 3D Printing Conference to see what a commercial conference looks like for digital fabrication. My primary interest was the Transforming Education Through 3D Printing panel. It was led by Glen Bull, Professor at … Continue reading
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Webinar: “Democratic Futures: Mobilizing Voices, and Remixing Youth Participation”
Today I had the pleasure of being invited back to participate in another Connected Learning webinar, led again by Craig Watkins, this time exploring the themes of civic engagement underlying next week’s Digital Media and Learning Conference in Chicago. As … Continue reading
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Please help my DML2013 Ignite Talk on Badges
On March 14, I will be presenting in Chicago at the Digital Media and Learning Conference. And I am thrilled. But I can’t do it without your help! This is no regular presentation. I have 5 minutes and twenty slides … Continue reading
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Games-based Learning: National STEM Game-design Challenge and Connected Learning
The National STEM Game Design Challenge This past Sunday, for the first time, the Museum partnered with the National STEM Game Design Challenge to support science content as a subject with game design entries. The Challenge, run by the Joan … Continue reading
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Interview with Brenda Hernandez, National Museum of Mexican Art: “In an homago state of mind”
Brenda Hernandez is not only a Programs Coordinator for Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. She is also Yollocalli alum, and a former high school teacher (and has written about art … Continue reading
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Webinar: “Connected Learning As Pathway to Equity & Opportunity”
Today I had the pleasure of participating as a respondant in a webinar led by Craig Watkins & Juliet Schor addressing the following question: How does connected learning combat the growing gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in education, and … Continue reading
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Big Issues Explored in AMNH’s Digital Learning Week
Tomorrow begins four days of non-stop action at the AMNH, and I couldn’t be more excited. We have spent months trying to plan these four day-long programs to take advantage of NYC high school youth being (largely) free during Regents … Continue reading
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The 2013 Mooshme Survey: Looking Back, Looking Forward
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 Jeffrey Yohalem, Game Writer for Assassin’s Creed & Far Cry 3: Re-thinking Museums From the Outside
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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