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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- Matching Minds Published and Exhibit Launched October 10, 2025
- A 25-year career retrospective interview with me (by youth in India) October 10, 2025
- Sondheim Week at the New York Public Library for The Performing Arts September 16, 2025
- Matching Minds: Book in Hand September 11, 2025
- Prototyping the Future: A 10-Day Dive into AI, Games, and Learning July 3, 2025
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My interview on EduTalk Radio – “Digital Learning For Your Students and the American Museum of Natural History”
This was a blast! My good buddy Elizabeth Merritt from AAM passed my name onto Larry Jacobs, who runs EduTalk Radio. It was fun to speak with Larry about the latest in greatest in digital learning at AMNH. Check it … Continue reading
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“Making History in a Place of History” – More on Youth Geeking Out on Northwest Coast Content
Last week my post on the Museum’s collaboration with Global Kids to produce a prototype for a new family activity guide for our Hall of Northwest Coast Indians tended to focus on the getting-up & running-around activities, like this one: … Continue reading
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Developing a “Need to Know” around Native Cultural Treasures
In my last post, I introduced a bit of the early feel of our Augmented Activity Guide program. (I know… terrible name. We had a good one for a time, but when the program outgrew it we never found a … Continue reading
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Sneak Peak at New Digital Project on Hall of Northwest Coast Indians
This week a sizable crew of us from the Museum are working downtown at the offices of Global Kids, Inc, through a two week partnership. The project is teaching the Global Kids youth leaders about our Hall of Northwest Coast … Continue reading
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New video promotion for Pterosaurs: The Card Game
I am excited to be able to share with you the video previously available only within our pterosaurs exhibit. It promotes both our exhibit app and the augmented component of Pterosaurs: The Card Game. Enjoy and please share.
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On Leading a Playful Life: An Interview with Bernie De Koven, Part 2 of 2
Recently, on the occasion of Bernie De Koven publishing A Playful Path (a book about, in part, how we can bring out the play throughout all aspects of our life) I contacted Bernie to talk about play and museums and, … Continue reading
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Kind of (not) a Paleo Class: Interview with youth co-developers of Pterosaurs The Card Game
Ricardo Mutuberria, from the Museum’s Global Business Development, sat down during the press briefing for our current special exhibit – Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs – with a few of the #scienceFTW youth participants to learn a bit … Continue reading
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On Leading a Playful Life: An Interview with Bernie De Koven, Part 1 of 2
Bernie De Koven changed my life, before I even knew his name. Growing up with earth balls, and parachute games, and other awesome camp and gym activities were all an outgrowth of his impact through the 1970’s New Games Movement. … Continue reading
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Youth-proof Your Program at ASTC14! Get vetted by a teen critique panel
So you think you know how to design innovative youth-programs incorporating digital media? Then step up and prove it! Present your existing program (or one in development) to a panel of youth from museum education programs around the country and … Continue reading
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A Youth Critique of the Louvre’s new Audio Guide on Nintendo 3DS
Katie takes part in many education programs here at the Museum. Due to a scheduling conflict, she couldn’t attend the last class of MicroMuseum (Paris called!). To make it up, she decided on her own to wrote up this “extra … Continue reading