WeatherBug achieve: WeatherBug.www.weatherbug WeatherBug is a computer program from AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. that displays live weather data. The program is available for download from WeatherBug's website, websites of the approximately 85 TV partners, and was formerly distributed through the AOL Instant Messenger .com, Web-based program, Starts at $6,490 This interactive, standards-aligned program for K-8 students offers 24 new science, math, geography and technology lessons that use live and historical weather data and colorful computer animation computer animation also known as computer generated images (CGI) Form of animated graphics that has replaced “stop-motion” animation of scale-model puppets or drawings. . The application streams live, neighborhood-level weather data to schools, which can share live weather information and experiences with other schools across the country via its network. Each lesson concludes with a student quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. , offering instant feedback and positive reinforcement positive reinforcement, n a technique used to encourage a desirable behavior. Also called positive feedback, in which the patient or subject receives encouraging and favorable communication from another person. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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