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: March 2013
A Tour of the Space Visualization Lab at the Adler Planetarium
When I was out last week at the Digital Media and Learning Conference, after my inspiring tour of the Field, I walked out the thin peninsula in the windy snow to meet with Robert Friedman of the Adler Planetarium. Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophysics, data visualization
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Digital Media and Learning at the Field Museum
Eve Gaus is the Digital Learning Manager at the Field Museum in Chicago. When I was out last week at the Digital Media and Learning Conference, she was generous enough to take me around, talk about their new digital learning … Continue reading
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(Almost) The Most Important Museum App of 2012
I don’t care if it was first launched in November, 2011. As Version 2.0 came out October last year, I’d like to call The Field Museum’s Specimania the best app of 2012. I’d like to, but I can’t. It is … 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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Conferring the Franklin Good Badger Badge
For my recent Ignite presentation, Franklin Wants a Badge, at the Digital Media and Learning Conference, I spent four minutes reading an abridged version of a real children’s story about badges: While I was reading the story, tweets critical of … Continue reading
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New Online Space for Digital Media and Museum-Based Learning Professionals
Today at the Chicago Digital Media and Learning Conference we held a Museum Meet-Up. We had such a good time sharing strategies, struggles, challenges and successes, we decided to keep the conversation going. I will say more about the Meet-Up … Continue reading
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Blogception: A live collaboration between students and a blogging expert
Right now, I (Barry) am with high school students in the Race and Medicine: Nature and Nurture class at the American Museum of Natural History, helping them learn how to write a blog. I was asked to come in to … 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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Science simulations, mobile games, and the future of museum-based situated learning: Interview with Kevin Miklasz, Iridescent
Recently, as I have been playing games on my iPhone that intentionally teach science, I wondered what else was out there. I reached out on the ASTC listserv and heard back from Kevin Miklasz, Director of Digital Curriculum at Iridescent … Continue reading