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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Interview with the original BadgeMom: on Museums, the BadgeAlliance, and More
Do you think you can pass the supreme BadgeGeek test? If so, good luck. Your challenge – make it through this interview. To appease my inner BadgeGeek I reached out to Erin Knight, the Executive Director of the Badge Alliance, … Continue reading
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Great New Video of Games For Change Family Day
The Institute of Play produced this awesome new video from the Games For Change Public Arcade at the Tribeca Family Fair. AMNH had a great time participating (check our our post here) and we’re honored to have such a prominent … Continue reading
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Final Project from MineCraft at the Museum: Natural Selection (video)
Last January we concluded our 25-session after school Minecraft at the Museum program. Over the course of the program, the teens worked in small group to design a range of science-based learning experiences. For their final project, we challenged them … Continue reading
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First MicroRangers Walk-through
Yesterday, in preparation for this Thursday’s culminating event, the high school students in MicroMuseum returned to do their first walk-through of our mobile game, MicroRanger, using the new prototype. This is always an exciting moment, as after two months of … Continue reading
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Work To Watch This Summer: Live Video, AR, Folksonomy, and Games
This week, in New York City, we are entering the final days of the public school year and transitioning to our summer programming. On Thursday, we host the culminating event for the MicroMuseum program (more on that later), concluding this … Continue reading
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The Observation Station Tech Run-Through – Views From the Start of Something Remarkable
I look forward to updating you soon on the widely diverse range of fascinating work I’m engaged with at the Museum this summer. So my apologies for not spending the time now to give full content to the following photos … Continue reading
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Sneak Peak at the MicroRangers Prototype
Next week we’ll hold the final session of MicroMuseum, when the youth will present our prototype for MicroRangers, a prototype for an augmented mobile hall-based game about microbiomes and biodiversity. This morning, before the Museum opened, I took my first … Continue reading
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How I Survived 8 Years of GLS (and you can to)
Last month I was deeply honored and touched to be invited to help close out the tenth annual Games, Learning and Society (GLS) Conference. I first came to GLS in 2005 (the third festival) and (except for the year I … Continue reading
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Where to Find Me at the 2014 Games, Learning and Society Conference
Returning to the Games, Learning and Society Conference (this will be my seventh one!) always feels like a type of homecoming reunion. Since the conference began ten years ago – within a collection of graduate schools at University of Wisconsin … Continue reading
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Badges For Learning Series, Part 3: A Case Against Standardized Badges
Below is my latest monthly post for the DMLcentral blog. Please feel free to read below but I’d love to know your thoughts and read your comments here. In my first two posts in this series (“My Beef With Badges” … Continue reading