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Public Speaking

I regularly organize and participate on panels and offer workshops at industry conferences on topics related to museum-based learning, digital media and learning and games-based learning.

Recent highlights:

  • “Rapid Adaptation: Lessons from 100 Years of Gamified Learning at Girl Scouts” for the Games for Change Festival (2020)
  • “Look Up at the Stars: integrating a user-centered design process into a natural history museum” for the Visitor Studies Association (2018), the Connected Learning Summit (2018), and at Museums and the Web (2017)
  • “Get Hands-on with Virtual Reality!” for the American Alliance of Museums conference (2017)
  • “Museum at Your Fingertips: Telepresence Tours for Schools” for Museums and the Web (2017)
  • “Mobile Apps, Museums, and MicroRangers: Fighting the 6th Extinction with Playful Learning” for the Association of Science-Technology Centers conference (2016)
  • “Empowering Youth Audiences to Ensure Inclusivity & Community Engagement through Technology & Gaming” for the New York Museum Educator’s Forum (2017)
  • “Renewing the Currency of Cultural Halls: Reframing the Past to Save the Future” for the Association of Science-Technology Centers conference (2016)
  • “The DigitalLearningification of Informal Learning Centers: Lessons from Three Museums” for the Digital Media and Learning Conference (2016)

Below are links to recent conference-related posts:

  • A Day on AI in Museums & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
    by Barry on November 5, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    Last week,on October 29th, I had quite the day, first exploring the intersection of digital games and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and then exploring AI and the future of museums. First, I joined Games For Change’s Games & SDG … Continue reading →

  • Presenting Video Games: The Great Connector at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
    by Barry on October 18, 2024 at 8:46 pm

    This week I was thrilled to present in Philadelphia at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. Along with my colleagues Nick, Masaya, and Matthew, we offered Leveling Up: Designing a Community Generated Video Game Exhibition. For 90 minutes we explored how … Continue reading →

  • Fall Conference Update – Where to Catch Me on the Road
    by Barry on September 10, 2024 at 11:16 pm

    I am gearing up for a season of conferences. Will I see you there? My book talks continue apace (for both Seltzertopia and my upcoming Matching Minds with Sondheim), but I hit a dry spell in regards to having my … Continue reading →

  • The CUNY Games Conference 10.0
    by Barry on January 25, 2024 at 3:48 pm

    This week I was excited to be part of The CUNY Games Conference 10.0. The CUNY Games Network is an organization dedicated to encouraging research, scholarship and teaching in the developing field of games-based learning. They connect educators from every … Continue reading →

  • 2023: A Year At Work and Play
    by Barry on December 18, 2023 at 12:05 pm

    Mark Twain once said: “Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” Twain, clearly, never worked with me! My favorite part of running my own consultancy is … Continue reading →

  • Preaching the Gospel of Games For Change
    by Barry on September 6, 2023 at 1:15 pm

    For twenty years, as one of its co-founders, I have been preaching the gospel of Games For Change. But what, exactly, is that gospel? At the recent 20th Anniversary of Games For Change, I was given the opportunity to clarify. … Continue reading →

  • Shall We Play A Game? How to Teach the Basics of Generative AI
    by Barry on August 4, 2023 at 3:42 am

    Shall we play a game? Okay, I’ll start. “Peanut butter and…”? What came to mind? Did you think “Jelly”? Well, that’s right! That’s the answer. But… I never told you the rules.  I guess you could tell you were supposed … Continue reading →

  • GEE! Award Winner: Exploring the Cosmic Puzzles of Star Stuff
    by Barry on July 24, 2023 at 3:38 pm

    Each year I am excited when I receive my invitation to be a judge for the GEE! Learning Game Awards run by the Play Make Learn conference at the University of Wisconsin. The award recognizes the significant impact of the … Continue reading →

  • Exhausted/Elated by Day 4 of the Games For Change Festival
    by Barry on July 20, 2023 at 2:19 pm

    Can I tell you something? I’m exhausted! It’s the start of day 4 (of 5) of the 20th anniversary of the Games For Change Festival. Since March of 2020 I have worked from my home office. All day, I Zoom … Continue reading →

  • Twenty Years of Games For Change
    by Barry on July 16, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    Twenty years ago, I was part of a wonderful collection of people who, together, created Games For Change. Tomorrow begins an incredible week in which what was once a half-day affair with a few dozen will now be spread over … Continue reading →

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