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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Category Archives: From My Work
Curated List of Games for Civic Identity
This month I had the pleasure of working with Andy Robertson, who founded and runs the amazing Family Video Game Database, to highlight a collection of video games that can develop a deep sense of civic identity. If you are … Continue reading
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What happened when a museum asked itself What data is driving our decision making?
Madlyn Larson has worked at the Natural History Museum of Utah leading Research Quest for over a decade. Research Quest leverages the Museum’s collections and their research for science learning in middle school classrooms. I began working with Madlyn last … Continue reading
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The ONE Game to Play to Understand Your Teenage Gamer
Perhaps nothing creates more anxiety for adults than imagining what their teens are up to when no one is watching. That’s why my ears perked up when I read this quote in a New York Times interview with Richard Tyler … Continue reading
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New Research on Role of Games in Lives of Today’s Teens from Joan Ganz Cooney Center
“We used to love playing Xbox all day. That used to be great. But now that it’s all we really do or have to do, they’re always like, ‘Oh, I’m so bored of Xbox. I just wanna do something else.’” … Continue reading
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When Worlds Collide: Is Digital Design Denigrating or Saving Museums?
Yesterday, I spent an hour with five African-American and Latinx boys from West Harlem. All gamers. Over Zoom, we chatted about the role games played in their lives, how it helps them to be who they want to be in … Continue reading
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Where to Find Me at the upcoming MuseWeb Conference
I love MuseWeb. When I started work in 2012 at AMNH, it was the only conference everyone asked me about. Are you going? Are you going? So eventually I went, and I found my people. Educators were still a small … Continue reading
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Announcing Launch of New Web Site for Barry Joseph Consulting
In June of 1995, I posted my first web site. It was an innovative use of the new HTML tags for tables. Super snazzy – for the time, at least. In the last 27 years, I have produced countless web … Continue reading
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Barry Joseph Consulting, LLC is Open For Business
After years of thinking about it, this month I finally launched my own consulting business. I couldn’t be more excited. And I am thrilled to tell you about my first three clients. My first client is the Natural History Museum … Continue reading
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Embracing the Job Search with Joyful Trepidation
I shouldn’t be writing this right now, the first morning of Rosh Hashanah (I should be getting ready for temple, albeit a virtual one), but how could I not? On the Jewish New Year we eat apples dipped in honey … Continue reading
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4th Remote Girl Scout Session
(read all the posts on the remote Girl Scout Troop series here) Monday we had our 15th session of our Junior Troop, our 4th since we’ve been “paused” here in NYC held completely online, with all participants and leaders at … Continue reading