Get Interactive

This week we released selected Interactive Study Guide resources.

These are fantastic resources to strengthen skills in Reading, Math, and Science.

You can view them by entering the codes below on the Learning Resources Page.

We hope that you find these new resources valuable supplements to your curriculum.

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New Teacher Training Site

I just got an e-mail the other day announcing a new teacher training site being offered by Pearson called My Pearson Training.

It is available at mypearsontraining.com.

It features complimentary webinars, videos, and printable guides for elementary and secondary programs.

In addition to covering popular curricular products like enVisionMath, it also has information on WriteToLearn, KnowledgeBox, and a host of other Pearson products and services.

There is a lot of great, free information available. Be sure to check it out.

New video

We have a brand new video out on the marketing site that provides a nice overview of what we are all about and what we are trying to do here with Perspective and assessment.

Visit the Perspective marketing home page or view it directly here.

Help Improve Perspective

The Perspective Team is looking for educators to participate in a brief survey and/or interview about their experiences with Perspective.

The data collected in this study will be part of a larger scientific study of the technical qualities of assessments for learning. Your responses will also be used by the Perspective development team to further enhance Perspective to better meet the needs of educators, students and families.

Your Input is Important
By participating, you will have the opportunity to influence the development of Perspective so that it better meets your needs. The focus of our study is educators. We are not seeking input from students or parents at this time.

We Seek Your Opinion
We hope that you have found Perspective to be a valuable tool and can provide us with some insight in to how you use it. If your experience was a less than successful one and you are no longer using it, we would like to hear about that, too. Your input will help us understand how we can improve the current Perspective offering.

Won’t you please consider participating in this valuable research study?

If you would like to make sure your voice is heard, please send an e-mail with your contact information to:

Chris.shira@pearson.com

· In the subject line, please key: MN Study.
· In the body of the e-mail please indicate the grade and subject you teach or your role in the district/state.

Thank you, in advance, for participating in this research study and helping us improve Perspective.

The Perspective Team

Participation in this study is voluntary and limited to educators who currently use Perspective or have used Perspective in the past. In order to maintain the integrity of responses received, an honorarium is not offered to participants. Volunteers will be contacted at a later date and asked to complete the survey and/or interview. Your contact information will be used only for the purposes of this inquiry in accordance with Pearson’s Privacy Policy available here:
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ19q

September Update

September brought a number of new, exciting changes to Perspective along with significant increases in usage of the site. September’s highlights include:

New web-based tools launched

New four-function, scientific and graphing calculators have been added to the Learning Resources area. Click the Tools link to access them or visit them directly here:
http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/mn/educator/?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=edu_tools_page

Students may access the calculators here:
http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/mn/family/?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=par_tools_page

More science resources are available

Significant additions to the Science Library have been introduced including new videos, interactivities, and websites.

Use of Learning Locator numbers is increasing

3,990 Learning Locators were entered in the month of August, an average of 129 a day.
Over 100,000 site visitors since launch

This month Perspective broke the 100,000 visitors mark with 53,349 visitors to the educator site and 47,963 visitors to the family site.

39% of the visitors to the family site spent at least 5 minutes on the site; over 60% of those spent at least 20 minutes on the site.

54% of the visitors to the educator site spent at least 5 minutes on the site; over 80% of those spent at least 20 minutes on the site.

In October, we will be introducing more excellent excerpts from Allyn & Bacon / Merrill to the Professional Development library as well as some exciting, new interactive resources for math, reading and science. For the most up-to-date information on Perspective, visit the blog APerspective at: http://www.pearsonperspective.com/blog/index.htm

Remember:
Encourage parents to visit http://www.perspectiveforfamilies.com/mn to access free supplemental materials for their children.

Educators can take advantage of our robust library of teacher supporting materials by visiting http://www.perspectiveforeducators.com/mn and clicking on the Teaching Resources tab.