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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Introducing My New Position at the American Museum of Natural History
On October 5th, 2012, I began working in the Education department at the American Museum of Natural History, as their new Associate Director of Digital Learning. It has been an incredible four years. Now, as I move into a new … Continue reading
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How to Design a Youth Space With Youth: an interview with the Shedd Aquarium’s Wade Berger
This is my third and final interview in a series exploring learning labs in Chicago Museums (the first focused on The Field Museum and the second on the Art Institute of Chicago). In this edition I interviewed Wade Berger, in … Continue reading
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The Secret Sauce in Pokémon Go: Big Data
My recent post for my DMLcentral column was inspired by my amazement at the emergence of Pokemon Go in the past week (has it REALLY not been a full week yet?). Go check it out on DMLcentral or take a … Continue reading
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NYTimes promotes MicroRangers in “Solving Mysteries at the AMNH, Smartphone in Hand”
Sometimes when it rains it pours. Today I am quoted in the New York Times, in two different pieces, each talking about digital games (both articles previewed online – the print versions come out tomorrow and this weekend). First, the … Continue reading
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Digital R&D at the Met’s MediaLab: An interview with Marco Castro Cosio & Neal Stimler
Last month we held an informal “Walk in the park” – colleagues from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (on the opposite side of Central Park) paid us a visit and then we returned with them to check out their MediaLab. … Continue reading
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Planning For Disruption: A Use Case in Digital Learning
The following is not directly museum-related but I wanted to repost it here because the digital learning innovations I address have relevance for us all. For many years I have worked with the Covenant Foundation to bring digital learning into … Continue reading
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Using an Iterative Design Process to Re-vision Cultural Halls Through Digital Media
Last year we had an idea — one of those late-night-shouldn’t-you-be-sleeping kind of crazy ideas — for helping visitors form deeper connections with our the Hall of Northwest Coast Indians. To my delight it was included within a slate of … Continue reading
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Object Oriented – Episode 2 – Games-based Learning in Museum Education
Object Oriented – Episode 2 – Games-based Learning in Museum Education This episode of Object Oriented explores the ideas of games-based learning. It includes short excerpts from the @MMMooshme interview with Bernie deKoven and then explores examples from youth programs. … Continue reading
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Augmented Wearables and the Future of Museums
[NOTE: Below is a re-blog of my column on DMLcentral where I first introduced the idea of here/there and me/us. I later revisited and revised the concept – to the more obvious me/we – after the New York Times sent … Continue reading
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Tooting Our Own Horn: Nice Words About This Blog
The Future of Museums recently posted an update to their blog roll (the blogs they follow) and I am honored they chose to add this one. Since they are one of my fantastic resources for cutting-edge thinking about museums – … Continue reading
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