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:
- The CUNY Games Conference 10.0by 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 Playby 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 Changeby 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 AIby 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 Stuffby 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 Festivalby 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 Changeby 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 →
- What WAS the Unreleased Games Arcade? Video, photos, Yearbook and moreby Barry on May 1, 2023 at 4:27 pm
What WAS the Unreleased Games Arcade? Well, in a word: epic! Forty game developers – indie, AAA, and collegiate – came to the City College of New York last March to shared their unreleased games with 64 high school students … Continue reading →
- Upcoming Talks, Workshops and Museweb (oh my!)by Barry on March 3, 2023 at 7:55 pm
In the next two months, I have a number of public appearances. Some are in person and some are online. Some are to launch a new tour for my new book on digital design in museums and some are my … Continue reading →
- Towards a Public Pathway for Careers in Gaming: NYC Youth and Agency (video)by Barry on December 22, 2022 at 1:24 pm
Last July, I led a panel with Nicholas Fortugno (Co-Founder & CCO, Playmatics LLC) and Ashlyn Sparrow (Assistant Director, Weston Game Lab, The University of Chicago) to explore how our two cities – NYC and Chicago – were connecting public … Continue reading →
