The PLACE Invest Tutorial Lab is equipped with over 30 multimedia computers that are Internet-capable. The Invest Lab houses the Invest program, a tutorial software that offers over 600 hours of lessons in math and English. This software includes the Job Skills Education Program (JSEP), an academic basic skills program designed to prepare adults for industry-specific job training in areas such as automotive repair and health services.

The Invest Lab is open to all faculty, staff, and students of Miramar College and is open during the days and times that the PLACe is open. Lab assistants are available to assist you with software and hardware in the lab and can provide lab orientations to first-time users. Tutors are also available to assist you with any academic questions regarding a particular program. For further information contact Diana Fink at 536-7852, or via E-mail: dfink@mail.sdccd.edu.

The PLACe also has a variety of other tutorial software (including multimedia CD-ROMs) in English, math, science, art, music, history, Spanish, and accounting.

 

Software available in the lab
(besides the Invest program):

Operating System: Windows '95 Internet: Netscape Navigator Gold 3.02 Reading and Study Skills: Interactive reading comprehension program Speed reading and critical reading software Various study skills programs on topics such as college text marking, test taking, self-motivation, time management, and problem solving.

Writing:

• Programs focusing on various aspects of writing: sentence structure, paragraphs, summary writing, essays. Interactive exercises allow the student to practice editing, and if desired, to work on specific grammatical problem areas.
  
• Word processing programs are also available, but students must provide their own diskette for saving files. Printing may be done in the I-Building computer lab.
  
  ESL:
  
• Interactive reading and writing programs for English 6-10
  
  Math:
  
• Tutorial programs in basic arithmetic, pre-algebra, beginning and intermediate algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus, and calculus
  
  Science:
  
• Tutorials and reference materials in biology, anatomy, and chemistry
  
• Multimedia program about the solar system
  
• Health and nutrition dietary program
  
  

  History/Art/Humanities/Music: Reference materials about US history, history of human civilizations and history of human ingenuity Electronic art library Music encyclopedia and programs about Beethoven and musical instruments

  
  
  Spanish:
  
• Interactive tutorial programs to enhance comprehension of sentence structure, usage of idiomatic expressions, and memorization of verb conjugation and other aspects of grammar
  
  Accounting:
  
• Multimedia CD-ROM tutorial that covers basic accounting principles
  
  Reference Materials:
  
• US Atlas, World Atlas, travel guides, dictionaries

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