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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Mayor Adams Announces Funding for Gaming Pathways (one of my projects)
As I posted here last March, Mayor Eric Adams has announced, in his economic recovery plan for New York City “Rebuild, Renew, Reinvest,” that increasing the video gaming industries contribution to the city’s economy is a high priority for his … Continue reading
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Towards a Public Pathway for Careers in Gaming: NYC Youth and Agency (video)
Last July, I led a panel with Nicholas Fortugno (Co-Founder & CCO, Playmatics LLC) and Ashlyn Sparrow (Assistant Director, Weston Game Lab, The University of Chicago) to explore how our two cities – NYC and Chicago – were connecting public … Continue reading
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New Public Gaming Events for NYC High School & CUNY Students at CCNY
Last month I shared I would be producing events to support the new Public Pathways project at the City College of New York, designed to create academic and career opportunities for an emerging gaming community for teens living in Harlem, … Continue reading
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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 4: Gaming the Future
The second part of this research project, detailed in the previous post, explored the community context of games. The third and final part of the research, explored in this post, is about youth use games to shape their future. More … Continue reading
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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 1: Re-centering Around Agency
1. TEENS, VIDEO GAMES, & AGENCY Earlier this year I was tasked with learning what roles video games play in the lives of NYC teenagers – specifically Black and brown high school students. I entered the project well aware of … Continue reading
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Video Games – The Great Connector: behind the scenes on (one of) my proudest achievements
Those who know my work over these past three decades know that my professional work contains multitudes: youth development, racial and gender equity, informal learning, digital learning, games-based learning, experience design, museum design, writing, and evidence-based decision making. I am … Continue reading
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The CUNY Games Conference 10.0
This week I was excited to be part of The CUNY Games Conference 10.0. The CUNY Games Network is an organization dedicated to encouraging research, scholarship and teaching in the developing field of games-based learning. They connect educators from every … Continue reading
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2023: A Year At Work and Play
Mark Twain once said: “Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” Twain, clearly, never worked with me! My favorite part of running my own consultancy is … Continue reading
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Preaching the Gospel of Games For Change
For twenty years, as one of its co-founders, I have been preaching the gospel of Games For Change. But what, exactly, is that gospel? At the recent 20th Anniversary of Games For Change, I was given the opportunity to clarify. … Continue reading
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Teaser for Video Game Exhibit in Harlem: The Great Connector
How do youth use games to form connections with themselves, their communities, and their future? This is the topic of a new video game exhibit I am co-curating which will open in winter of 2024 at the Harlem School of … Continue reading
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