WeatherBug planted its roots in the education market in 1992 by installing professional-grade weather stations at schools allowing teachers to apply real-world weather conditions for math, science and geography. All schools were networked together and soon after, WeatherBug introduced a rigorous curriculum that covered grades K-12 meeting national and state education standards.
Today WeatherBug Achieve’s integration of real-life weather conditions with hands-on classroom curriculum is enhancing learning and interaction with students and teachers. Studies have shown students of all ages and backgrounds have benefited both personally and academically from the use of WeatherBug Achieve when incorporated into text book curriculum.
AWARDS
Media & Methods 2001, 2002, 2003 Awards Portfolio:
Each year, Media & Methods Magazine recognizes products and services that are known to be high quality K-12 educational resources. Judges make product selections based on: comprehensiveness, versatility in teaching multiple subject matter, easy of use, innovation, and product strengths. The newly enhanced WeatherBug Achieve won this award for the third year in a row.
2003 Districts Choice Award:
WeatherBug Achieve was recently nominated and selected for the 2003 Districts Choice Award by District Administration Magazine. A panel of educational professionals and district administrators selected the WeatherBug Education Program to be among its top 100 educational learning technologies.
2001 Smithsonian Laureate: Every year, Computerworld honors information technology innovators whose work produces and promotes positive social, economic or educational change. Nominated by chairmen of the world's leading IT companies, Computerworld Smithsonian Laureates are considered to be true revolutionaries in their respective fields. WeatherBug's President and CEO, Bob Marshall, received this distinguished award for the WeatherBug Achieve.
2003 Friend of Education Award (NASBE)
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has bestowed the 2003 Friend of Education Award to Robert S. Marshall, President/CEO of AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. AWS is known nationally for its award-winning educational program, called WeatherNet Classroom, now WeatherBug Achieve, and for WeatherBug, one of the top web sites in the world.
2001 NEA Foundation's Hilda Maehling Award
The NEA Foundation's prestigious Hilda Maehling Award was won byKenneth Sopelak, a fourth grade teacher at Webster Hill Elementary School in Hartford, CT, for his innovative application of the WeatherBug Achieve program. The Hilda Maehling Award recognizes an individual who builds on the professional development funded by an NEA Foundation Leadership Grant by enhancing the academic skills of additional faculty or staff. According to Sopelak, WeatherBug Achieve proved "…so powerful that we were able to enrich our entire curriculum in kindergarten through fifth grade in math, science, social studies and language arts."
