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.

Some Interesting Site Stats

I went into the stat counter software today and pulled the following:

30.5% of the users in the last 30 days spent from 20min to over an hour on the site. 19.4% of those users spent over an hour on the site.

In the last 30 days we have had 5,215 first time visitors to the Educator site and 4,330 first time visitors to the Family site.

Our busiest day in the last 30 days was Wed. February 20th with 1,432 page loads from 1,353 unique visitors.

Between the two sites we have averaged about 154 new visitors a day for the last 30 days.

So it seems that the word is getting out there and people are starting to use the site. I'll be sure to include more stats in the next e-mail update.