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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Recent Posts
- 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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Pterosaurs: The Card Game AR App Launchs in App Store
Wahoo! So excited. What just started last fall as a fortuitously timed conversation with the Museum’s exhibition department (learning they were making totally cool pterosaurs animations for our new exhibit opening next week) has now been released to the public … Continue reading
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Film Shoot for Pterosaurs: The Card Game Playthrough Video
Last week we had youth game designer Katie (participant in the recent #scienceFTW program that developed the game) and Martin, the son of an AMMH employee, get together to play Pterosaurs: the Card Game to supplement the upcoming material around … Continue reading
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NYTimes Recognizes AMNH’s Minecraft and Pterosaur Gaming Projects
We are so super thrilled that today’s New York Time’s special magazine section features a wonderful article (re: At Play in Skies of Cretaceous Era) about how the Museum is, in their words, “an eager participant in a 21st-century movement … Continue reading
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11 Questions to a Museum Blogger on Museum Blog/gers Day
For #MuseumBloggersDay the @futureofmuseums tagged me to respond to 11 Questions to a Museum Blogger on Museum Blog/gers Day, and then pass it on. Let’s see if I can answer 11 questions in 11 minutes (I won’t even re-read it … Continue reading
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Come Work With Us – Program Assistant for Youth Digital Learning Programs
I am so excited to share this description of a new position opening up here at the museum, working directly with me: Program Assistant for Youth Digital Learning Programs. For more details or to apply for the position, please go … Continue reading
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Augmenting the Museum: Pterosaurs, Microbiomes, and More
“omne trium perfectum” (Latin for everything that comes in threes is perfect) According to Wikipedia, the rule of three is a writing principle that “suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than … Continue reading
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My Beef With Badges: A Call for Conversation
Below is my latest column on DMLcentral. It addresses concerns I have had for some time and, writing it, helped me to crystallize how to address them. I hope this is seen not as a statement but as the start … Continue reading
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#DMl2014 Wrap-up: Developing STEM Literacy Through Gameplay and Game Design
Last week I had the pleasure of coordinating and presenting at a panel at the 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference last week. From the program: MARCH 8 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Copley Developing STEM Literacy Through … Continue reading
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Call for Museum Meet-Up at the 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference
I would like to call for a Museum Meet-Up at this year’s 2014 Digital Media and Learning Conference. If you are attending the Boston Conference this year and would like to meet with other museum professionals in attendance, please add … Continue reading
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Recruitment Launched for New Microscopic Museum Mobile Gaming Program at AMNH
We just began recruiting for this new, free, spring, after school program for high school students. Please help us out by sharing the word with interested teens: Did you know that the Twa, a group of people in the Congo, … Continue reading
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