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: Practice
Conferring the Franklin Good Badger Badge
For my recent Ignite presentation, Franklin Wants a Badge, at the Digital Media and Learning Conference, I spent four minutes reading an abridged version of a real children’s story about badges: While I was reading the story, tweets critical of … Continue reading
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Interview with Larry Johnson on the Horizon Report 2012 Museum Edition
For ten years the New Media Consortium (“an international not-for-profit consortium dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies”) prepares a handy guide to the role of digital media and learning. Recently they have begun to … Continue reading
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Games-based Learning: National STEM Game-design Challenge and Connected Learning
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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Interview with Brenda Hernandez, National Museum of Mexican Art: “In an homago state of mind”
Brenda Hernandez is not only a Programs Coordinator for Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. She is also Yollocalli alum, and a former high school teacher (and has written about art … Continue reading
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Interview with High School Youth Talking About Youth Science Filmmaking
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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Geocaching Comes to the AMNH
This past Friday I had the pleasure of supporting AMNH educational staff (namely, Nathan J. Bellomy) to bring geocaching to YouthCaN. YouthCaN is an international, youth-led organization that was once founded with iEARN at the museum and uses technology to … Continue reading
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Graduate Students Designing Games to Teach Genetics
I was invited to be a quest critic for a class at the Parsons New School that had challenged the students to work with educational content related to genetics and then design a multimodal game to engage and teach high … Continue reading
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Interview with David Wells, NYSCI: Launching a Museum-based Maker Space
I recently wrote here (re: Make Science?) about the emergence of Maker Culture, 3D printers, and my interest in figuring out what they might afford museum-based learning. This led me to David Wells, the new Manager of Creative Making & … Continue reading
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Hacking an iPod with Water
I was walking through the office yesterday when Nathan J. Bellomy pulled me over. Amongst other things, Nathan coordinates the YouthCaN group at the museum. (YouthCaN is a youth led organization that uses technology to inspire, connect and educate people worldwide … Continue reading
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Interview: Evan Matthew Fuchs, 5th Grade Teacher and Digital Innovator
For the past 13 years, Evan Matthew Fuchs has been teaching 5th grade at the Green Vale School on the north shore of Long Island. A geek at heart, Evan is always looking for fun, cutting-edge ways to expand his … Continue reading