Editing MECC (section)

{{Short description|Educational software organization}}
{{other uses|MECC (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium
| logo             = File:MECC logo.svg
| logo_caption     = MECC logo, early 1990s
| industry         = [[Educational software]]
| fate             = Shut down by [[SoftKey]]
| successor        = SoftKey
| foundation       = {{start date|1973}}
| founder          = [[Minnesota Legislature]]
| defunct          = {{End date|1999|10}}
| location_city    = [[Brooklyn Center, Minnesota]]
| location_country = U.S.
| homepage         = [https://web.archive.org/web/20010418143852/http://www.mecc.com/ mecc.com] (archive)
| owner            = State of Minnesota
}}
The '''Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium''' (later '''Corporation'''), most commonly known as '''MECC''', was an organization founded in 1973 best known for developing the [[edutainment]] video game series ''[[The Oregon Trail (series)|The Oregon Trail]]'' and its spin-offs. The goal of the organization was to coordinate and provide computer services to schools in the state of [[Minnesota]], but its software eventually became popular in schools around the world.{{r|lussenhop20110119}}<ref name="ERICHaugo">and Canada.
{{cite web | title = ED220932 - Managing Technology Change. "MECC: A Management History". | publisher = ERIC | url = http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED220932&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&objectId=0900000b800fda76 | access-date =2007-01-03}}</ref> MECC had its headquarters in the Brookdale Corporate Center in [[Brooklyn Center, Minnesota|Brooklyn Center]], Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Road To MECC |year=1997 |url=http://www.mecc.com/mecc/directions/directions.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970203052902/http://www.mecc.com/mecc/directions/directions.html |archive-date=1997-02-03 |publisher=MECC |access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=unfit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2707948&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |title=Brooklyn Center city, Minnesota |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=2010-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606170419/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2707948&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |archive-date=2011-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970203061020/http://www.mecc.com/mecc/directions/map.html |title=The Road to MECC |url=http://www.mecc.com/mecc/directions/map.html |year=1997 |archive-date=1997-02-03 |publisher=MECC |access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> It was acquired by [[SoftKey]] in 1995 and was shut down in 1999.