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 2014
Pterosaurs: The Card Game AR App Launchs in App Store
Wahoo! So excited. What just started last fall as a fortuitously timed conversation with the Museum’s exhibition department (learning they were making totally cool pterosaurs animations for our new exhibit opening next week) has now been released to the public … Continue reading
Film Shoot for Pterosaurs: The Card Game Playthrough Video
Last week we had youth game designer Katie (participant in the recent #scienceFTW program that developed the game) and Martin, the son of an AMMH employee, get together to play Pterosaurs: the Card Game to supplement the upcoming material around … Continue reading
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NYTimes Recognizes AMNH’s Minecraft and Pterosaur Gaming Projects
We are so super thrilled that today’s New York Time’s special magazine section features a wonderful article (re: At Play in Skies of Cretaceous Era) about how the Museum is, in their words, “an eager participant in a 21st-century movement … Continue reading
11 Questions to a Museum Blogger on Museum Blog/gers Day
For #MuseumBloggersDay the @futureofmuseums tagged me to respond to 11 Questions to a Museum Blogger on Museum Blog/gers Day, and then pass it on. Let’s see if I can answer 11 questions in 11 minutes (I won’t even re-read it … Continue reading
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Come Work With Us – Program Assistant for Youth Digital Learning Programs
I am so excited to share this description of a new position opening up here at the museum, working directly with me: Program Assistant for Youth Digital Learning Programs. For more details or to apply for the position, please go … Continue reading
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Augmenting the Museum: Pterosaurs, Microbiomes, and More
“omne trium perfectum” (Latin for everything that comes in threes is perfect) According to Wikipedia, the rule of three is a writing principle that “suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than … Continue reading
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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#DMl2014 Wrap-up: Developing STEM Literacy Through Gameplay and Game Design
Last week I had the pleasure of coordinating and presenting at a panel at the 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference last week. From the program: MARCH 8 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Copley Developing STEM Literacy Through … Continue reading
Call for Museum Meet-Up at the 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference
I would like to call for a Museum Meet-Up at this year’s 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference. If you are attending the Boston Conference this year and would like to meet with other museum professionals in attendance, please add … Continue reading
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