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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- The 2024 National Egg Cream Invitational March 19, 2024
- NY1 Coverage of Our New Video Gaming Exhibition February 5, 2024
- Video Games – The Great Connector: behind the scenes on (one of) my proudest achievements February 4, 2024
- Virtual Visits to the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Now Live January 25, 2024
- Back in the Classroom (NYU) January 25, 2024
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Author Archives: Barry
Innovations in Jewish Education: An Interview for the Adapting Podcast
What has the last decade looked like for digital learning in the Jewish education space? How has it been impacted by the pandemic? What are the possibilities for innovation in education or will radical affordances get co-opted by the existing … Continue reading
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7 Book Recommendations from BJC for Holiday Gifts
Some Books I Recommend At BJC, we do more than just provide inspiring services in digital experience design and strategic planning. We also write books! I spend at least one hour a day in my writing nook. (In fact, I … Continue reading
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Sneak peak at cover for my upcoming book on museum design
Making Dinosaurs Dance: A Toolkit for Digital Design in Museums takes the reader behind the scenes to learn how the American Museum of Natural History innovates visitor digital engagement, highlighting design techniques used both there and at museums around the … Continue reading
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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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Bring the Borscht back to the Borscht Belt & Seltzer Museum
Growing up in the ’70s and ’80s on Long Island as a Jewish kid, I was not alone traveling to Sullivan County (an hour or so northwest of NYC) to vacation at the grand resorts – Kutsher’s Country Club, the … Continue reading
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My “Thrill of Psychomachia” published
Psychomachia, or conflict of the soul, is the title of a Latin poem from the early fifth century, a sort of literary Super Smash Bros. of personified virtues and vices. I used the concept as a metaphor to explore the … 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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Winter 2022 BJC Newsletter
Here is my seasonal newsletter about my work across a wide range of fields. If you would like to receive these by email, please sign up here. Winter 2022 BJC NEWSLETTER KEEPING BUSY Is it March already? Here in New … Continue reading
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Universities and NYC Connecting the Dots on Youth, Learning and Gaming
I have two things to re-post, both shared a few days ago. There’s a theme connecting them together (and no, my involvement, while real, and with more to be shared soon, is not it). Want to hazard a guess? Mayor … Continue reading
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MuseumNext Presentation 2: Failing Forward: Museum game Fails and what we learned from them
In my previous post I shared video and poems from my first presentation this week at MuseumNext’s conference on games and museums. This post is about how we closed out the event with Failing Forward: 10 favorite Museum game Fails … Continue reading
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