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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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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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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Invitation to be an early reader on my 2022 book on digital design in museums
If you haven’t heard, I have a book coming out next year on digital design in museums (from the American Alliance of Museums with Rowman & Littlefield in August, 2022). Having recently completed my first draft, I am now looking … Continue reading
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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 2: Managing Feelings, Shaping Identities
In this post we will look at how NYC teens use video games to manage their feelings and shape their identity. This is the second of four posts (the previous being Re-centering Around Agency). 5. GAMES THEY PLAY The 20 … 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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MCN, Culture Geek, and I’m BACK, BABY!
“Re-united, and it feels so good…” In my six years at the American Museum of Natural History I counted 40 presentations I delivered, primarily at conferences. I adore museum conferences. Sorry, I should be clear. I can’t STAND sitting still … Continue reading
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How I Helped Turn Dreams Into Reality at AMNH
In my almost six years at the Museum, from fall of 2012 until now, I have held the same title, but sat at five desks in four offices and reported to three supervisors in three different departments. As you might … Continue reading
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“Gamifying Museums Pt 2. – Aardman and The American Museum of Natural History on the Dos and Don’ts”
Blooloop is an online resource for “professionals working in the visitor attractions sector.” They have recently been exploring games and museums, with the second half of their latest post focusing on our work at AMNH. For the full article please … Continue reading
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Using Escape Rooms to Gamify Learning: an interview with Breakout EDU
Below is a re-post from my latest column on DMLcentral. Read it here or check it out below: Using Escape Rooms to Gamify Learning Escape Rooms first came to America in 2012-2013 from Asia and Europe, quickly spreading across the … Continue reading
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Four Conferences in Four Weeks: ASTC, MakerFaire, DML & MineFaire
I am getting ready for weeks upon weeks of conference travel. To get me pumped up (both to go and share it with you) I created this video in homage to science museums (using the new video sensation I learned … Continue reading
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