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.

Blogception: A live collaboration between students and a blogging expert

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Barry

Right now, I (Barry) am with high school students in the Race and Medicine: Nature and Nurture class at the American Museum of Natural History, helping them learn how to write a blog. I was asked to come in to … Continue reading →

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Games-based Learning: National STEM Game-design Challenge and Connected Learning

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Barry

The National STEM Game Design Challenge This past Sunday, for the first time, the Museum partnered with the National STEM Game Design Challenge to support science content as a subject with game design entries. The Challenge, run by the Joan … Continue reading →

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Big Issues Explored in AMNH’s Digital Learning Week

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Barry

Tomorrow begins four days of non-stop action at the AMNH, and I couldn’t be more excited. We have spent months trying to plan these four day-long programs to take advantage of NYC high school youth being (largely) free during Regents … Continue reading →

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3D Printing Comes to the AMNH

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Barry

Today we finished installing the AMNH’s first (and I have a feeling far from last) 3D printer. We have a bunch of ideas of how we can use it to advance informal science learning. We also well know, however, that … Continue reading →

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Minecraft is Coming to the AMNH

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Barry

I am so excited that, in one week, the AMNH will be holding it’s first Minecraft-based educational program: FoodCraft. Working with the great folks at TeacherGaming, who developed MinecraftEdu, we will take the youth into two custom-built Minecraft maps to … Continue reading →

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Critique: Event of a (Steampunk) Thread & The Death of a Mad Elephant

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Barry

I was not going to write about The Event of a Thread here, even though I loved it so much that I returned with my family just a few days later, back in December last year: As you might sense … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future: From Wunderkammer to Contemporary Museum

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Barry

In just 18 days, we will launch the four new programs in our first Digital Learning Week. Each is designed using a different digital tool to explore a different museum hall. Today I want to write about some of our … Continue reading →

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Interview with High School Youth Talking About Youth Science Filmmaking

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Barry

With funding from The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust, graduates of the award winning Lab at Reel Works teamed up with science learners from the American Museum of Natural History over the Summer to … Continue reading →

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Registration Opens for AMNH’s 1st Digital Learning Week

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Barry

I am so excited to announce the new slate of day-long programs we will run this January 22-25, for high school youth. Each is designed using various digital tools to explore different museum halls. Each is also designed to help … Continue reading →

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How I Intend to Advance Digital Media & Museum-based Learning at the AMNH

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Barry

This is my final of three transition posts. My first reflected back on my 12 years at Global Kids (“I’m Leaving GK and What You Can Do About It“). My second looked forward to starting my job at the AMNH … Continue reading →

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