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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Capturing a Dinosaur: Using Digital Tools to Reproduce a Physical Model
When I first visited the library at the AMNH, I was amazed by all of the physical items in the collection. As a public library, I expected to find books and publications on file, with the special Natural History and … Continue reading
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Guest Post: “Morpholution”: An Authentic Youth Science Program
During January’s Digital Learning Week, the Museum explored a variety of new ways we could explore different participatory digital tools, different museum halls, and bring them together with museum educators and scientists, curators, and/or department heads. This is the first … 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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Registration Opens for AMNH’s 1st Digital Learning Week
I am so excited to announce the new slate of day-long programs we will run this January 22-25, for high school youth. Each is designed using various digital tools to explore different museum halls. Each is also designed to help … Continue reading
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How I Intend to Advance Digital Media & Museum-based Learning at the AMNH
This is my final of three transition posts. My first reflected back on my 12 years at Global Kids (“I’m Leaving GK and What You Can Do About It“). My second looked forward to starting my job at the AMNH … Continue reading
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Part 1 of 3: I Work In A Matryoshka Doll
(This is the second in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, go here) My role is to support the capacity building of my colleagues in Youth Initiatives towards the strategic use of digital media and learning … Continue reading
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Part 2 of 3: What’s In The Works?
(This is the third in a series. If you want to go to the second, go here, or to start at the beginning, go here) I am not a department. I am a cross-program resource, so to speak. So I … Continue reading
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Part 3 of 3: So, How Did The Transition Feel?
(This is the fourth and last in a series. If you want to go to the third, go here, or to start at the beginning, go here) The Jewish High Holidays took place during the transition period between when I … Continue reading
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Field Trip to the 1st Consumer 3D Printer Store
Today AMNH’s Youth Initiatives and Microscopy departments (how’s that for a pairing) took a field trip to the MakerBot store in SoHo. We met with Liz Arum, MakerBot’s Education Outreach and Curriculum Development Coordinator, and the good people of the … Continue reading
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Designing in Negative Space – Digital Media at Discovering Columbus
Today, on my way to work, I checked in on Foursquare at Discovering Columbus, visiting it in its final days before it comes down. As you can see below, it was described as an “art gallery.” That, in and of … Continue reading