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Outside News Articles

The following articles are newsworthy pieces from outside written about MECC over the years. We will be adding more of them as we come across them.

  • Minnesota Live Channel 5 Special Coverage – Oregon Trail Game History
  • Re@L Reports: Oregon Trail Co-Invertors At History Colorado Center
  • A Pioneer Story: How MECC Blazed New Trails
  • ‘Oregon Trail’ celebrates 50 years with popular game’s origin story
  • How You Wound Up Playing ‘The Oregon Trail’ in Computer Class
  • The History Behind ‘The Oregon Trail’

About The MECC.Co Website

This website is a production of the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) User Group in coordination with the original CEO of MECC, staff, and a variety of people who have contributed time, material and money to the project. Many of the items in this website come from the A.P.P.L.E. Library as well as a host of others. If you have an item you would like to see added to the site that is not currently available, please let us know.

MECC’s Mission Is…

  • to provide innovative, high-quality products and services in educational technology that meet the diverse and changing needs of educators and students, and
  • to maintain a supportive work environment that recognizes the creativity and dedication of staff and fosters profitable growth for the company. It is MECC’s privilege to serve education and to seek ways to improve it.

MECC Upholds Three Ideas to Achieve its Mission….

  • MECC Products complement and enhance the efforts of teachers and parents to promote effective student learning.
  • MECC Service strives in every way to anticipate and exceed customers’ expectations.
  • MECC’s Work Environment respects individual abilities, encourages creativity, and rewards excellent performance.

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