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.

The 3rd Month of Minecraft at the Museum: Vikings, Giant Flowers, and More

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Barry

When I first posted about Minecraft at the Museum (see: The 1st Month of Minecraft at the Museum: Geology, Sustainability, & Dinosaurs) we were just underway, while in November (see: The 2nd Month of Minecraft at the Museum: Poison, Food, … Continue reading →

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The 2013 Mooshme Year in Review

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Barry

I don’t care if it sounds trite – I am equally amazed and excited that we are just about to hit the end of the first full year of Moosha Moosha Mooshme. Rather that try to summarize all the lesson … Continue reading →

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Presentation on Digital Fabrication at AMNH (Listen In)

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Barry

The volunteers at the AMMH are amazing. Seriously. Seriously amazing. So when I was invited to speak with them about what we are doing with digital fabrication in the Education department, of course I jumped at it. It’s the least … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Month of Minecraft at the Museum: Poison, Food, Biomes, and More

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Barry

When I last posted about our first month of Minecraft at the Museum (see: The 1st Month of Minecraft at the Museum: Geology, Sustainability, & Dinosaurs) we were just underway. Led by Rebecca Saunders and Teacher Gaming’s Joel Levin (with … Continue reading →

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Great article in Gizmodo on our plans to scan AMNH Pterosaurs

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Barry

Last week Gizomdo published this great behind the scenes look at our current efforts to digitize the museum’s pterosaur collection. [Note: I already posted this but somehow it disappeared, so here’s a new version] I am confident I never said … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Month of #scienceFTW: Bones, Stars, Scat, & Biodiversity

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Barry

When I last posted about our first month of #scienceFTW, our new science card game program led by Julia Zichello (Manager of AMNH’s Sackler Educational Laboratory), Nick Fortugno (Co-Founder/CCO of Playmatics), with support from J. Shepard Ramsay (NYU intern extraordinaire), … Continue reading →

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Minecraft at the Museum Session 10: The Power of Poison

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Barry

Later this week I will post November updates for both #scienceFTW and Minecraft at the Museum. But first, as a warm-up – the Minecraft at the Museum session on poison! On November 19th, M@M followed its current curricular format: introduce … Continue reading →

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The 1st Month of #scienceFTW: Parasites & Koi Koi

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Barry

This month we launched a new program, #scienceFTW, in which teenagers are learning all about science through science-based card games and will eventually co-develop two different Pokemon-style card games. (photos from the month can be seen here) The first session … Continue reading →

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The 1st Month of Minecraft at the Museum: Geology, Sustainability, & Dinosaurs

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Barry

A few weeks ago we launched our new after school program, Minecraft at the Museum. This 25 session program for high school students is using Minecraft to teach youth about a wide range of science content, how learning experiences are … Continue reading →

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#scienceFTW Watch Us Play #2: Bone Wars

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Barry

Today we held the second of 20 sessions in our new #scienceFTW program. I will occasionally post here about the program and often post “homework” for the participants, as with this post (feel free to follow along at home): In … Continue reading →

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