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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Monthly Archives: January 2013
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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3D Printing Comes to the AMNH
Today we finished installing the AMNH’s first (and I have a feeling far from last) 3D printer. We have a bunch of ideas of how we can use it to advance informal science learning. We also well know, however, that … Continue reading
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Minecraft is Coming to the AMNH
I am so excited that, in one week, the AMNH will be holding it’s first Minecraft-based educational program: FoodCraft. Working with the great folks at TeacherGaming, who developed MinecraftEdu, we will take the youth into two custom-built Minecraft maps to … Continue reading
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Critique: Event of a (Steampunk) Thread & The Death of a Mad Elephant
I was not going to write about The Event of a Thread here, even though I loved it so much that I returned with my family just a few days later, back in December last year: As you might sense … 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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Digital Playground: MaKey MaKey
In a recent digital playground, we decided to get our hands on a MaKey MaKey and see what we could do with it. What’s a MaKey MaKey? I was convinced to buy one ($50) when I read the following description … Continue reading
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Back to the Future: From Wunderkammer to Contemporary Museum
In just 18 days, we will launch the four new programs in our first Digital Learning Week. Each is designed using a different digital tool to explore a different museum hall. Today I want to write about some of our … Continue reading
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