Category Archives: From My Work

These are posts that have to do with my day to day job at the American Museum of Natural History.

NYTimes Recognizes AMNH’s Minecraft and Pterosaur Gaming Projects

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Barry

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

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Barry

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

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Barry

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

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Barry

“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

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Barry

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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Recruitment Launched for New Microscopic Museum Mobile Gaming Program at AMNH

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Barry

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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Final Presentation by #scienceFTW

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Barry

Ruth Sherman is a new intern at the AMNH, from NYU’s Program in Digital Media Design for Learning. She assisted in the last month of programming for #scienceFTW program and graciously offered to write up the exciting final program session, … Continue reading →

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Developing Science-based Games with Teens: An AMNH Intern Reflects

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Barry

J.  Shepard Ramsay was an intern at the AMNH, from NYU’s Program in Digital Media Design for Learning, in our #scienceFTW program. With the conclusion of the program last week (snff snff) I asked Shepard to review his time in … Continue reading →

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The 3rd Month of #scienceFTW: Pterosaurs!

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Barry

When I last posted about our first two months #scienceFTW (October and November) I broke it down by session. Now I will shift our focus to the discrete monthly projects, with December focusing on the exciting development of a card … Continue reading →

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The 3rd Month of #scienceFTW: Pterosaurs!

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Barry

When I last posted about our first two months #scienceFTW (October and November) I broke it down by session. Now I will shift our focus to the discrete monthly projects, with December focusing on the exciting development of a card … Continue reading →

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