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Storm Evader Analysis

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The article “Storm Evader: Using an IPad to teach kids about Meteorology and Technology” by Amy McGovern, Andrea Balfour, Marissa Beene, and David Harrison found on the American Meteorology Society website in volume 96, issue 3 published March 2015, is about the advancements of technology in education and specifically in the area of Meteorology. The article begins by discussing the shortage of workers in science, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Also, that it is important that children are exposed to and learning STEM skills with the hope of having more STEM majors in the future. The goal was to attack this problem through video games. Even though video games are viewed as a form of entertainment, they are being used more and more in education. Video games are used in education to engage children and teach them concepts without them even realizing they are learning. Today, studies focus on primarily …show more content…

Storm Evader’s was tested through multiple sources, and through every source they received very good feedback. There were a few sources that unveiled some minor problems with the game, but overall the sources, participants, were able to play the game smoothly and learn concepts while playing. The goal was for the sources, participants, to be able to retain what they learned from Storm Evaders and be able to apply that to real-world situations. The article states that they did succeed in this endeavor, because through the testing they found that people were able to learn how to use the radar when determining upcoming and current weather. Through all the testing and feedback Storm Evaders plans to add a few features. These features focus on turbulence, and the player will now be scored based on passenger comfort level. The player can control this by avoiding turbulence by being provided turbulence forecasts. With the success of Storm Evaders there are new weather related iPad games in

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