Location and Schedule
Location
5520 Posvar Hall
Lab Schedule
Mon: 11:00am - 8:00pm
Tue: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Wed: 11:00am - 8:00pm
Thu: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Fri: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sat: CLOSED
Sun: CLOSED
Consult daily schedule for details.
Need Help?
Fill out a problem form located in the lab area, or contact lab consultant on duty in the Cooley 5th Floor Main Lab, our Lab/Media Services Manager, or our Help Desk.
The SOE Macintosh Lab Main Lab hosts a number of graduate (both Masters and Doctoral) level courses for teachers, school administrators, evaluators, policy analysts, and other educational decision-makers. The courses offer exposure to using computers to collect, manage, analyze and report data in a variety of settings, from a diversity of perspective, both quantitative and qualitative. For example, students have
the opportunity to explore web-based datasets describing Pennsylvania schools, to code and analyze narrative data for theory-building, to learn and apply statistical procedures to real datasets, and to learn advanced techniques to prepare and present meaningful case summaries to influence educational policy.
Features
- 21 Macintosh G5 PowerPC computers running MacOS X (including 1 podium computer for instructor's use)
- CD/DVD Combo Drives
- Network Laser printer
- Color Scanners
- Podium computer and VCR connected to a video projector (optional video attachments for laptop computers also provided)
- Large list of current software and applications
- Full Internet access including access to the University's UNIX and VMS servers
- SmartBoard for instructional use
Services
- Lab consultants on duty for technical help
- Both reserved class time and open lab times are available (see daily schedule)
- Network space available for data storage
- Headphones for user while in lab
- Free CSSD software toolkit
