Category Archives: Practice

Research on Using AI, AR, and Narrative to Customize Visitor Experience: An interview with Maria Roussou about the CHESS Project

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Barry

At April’s Museums and the Web conference in Chicago, I heard a fascinating presentation by Maria Roussou, talking about the CHESS Project, a research study exploring how museums could personalize a visitor’s experience before they arrived and throughout their visit. … Continue reading →

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A Rapid Tour of Chicago Youth Spaces for Digital Learning

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Barry

I was in Chicago recently for the Museums and the Web conference. Between sessions I ran around the city to meet with my colleagues in museums and libraries who were willing to share their youth spaces and how they’ve been … Continue reading →

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What Disney World Can Teach Us About Museum-based Learning, Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Barry

Last year when I returned from on a one-week family trip to Disney World, I brought back more than just a bag full of Mickey-shaped chocolates. I was inspired by the myriad ways the Park designers had created games, activity … Continue reading →

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AMNH Summer 2013 Badging System Report

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Barry

In my recent post for DMLcentral, “My Beef With Badges,” I called on the emerging badging community to stop conflating our aspirations with our achievements, and to start sharing a more accurate picture of the challenges we all face. I … 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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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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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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A Close Look at the Development of Planetmania, a Museum-Based Mobile App: an interview with developer David Schaller

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Barry

Last Fall, when I first began working in a Natural History museum, I started to look for examples of customized museum mobile apps. One of the first that came across my radar was Planetmania. There are some things I like … Continue reading →

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