{"id":6547,"date":"2021-11-10T17:33:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:39:31","slug":"50-year-anniversary-of-oregon-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2021\/11\/10\/50-year-anniversary-of-oregon-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Year Anniversary of Oregon Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently wrote a post describing the most recent offering of the Oregon Trail<\/a>. Those of us working in the midwest who participated in the early days of classroom uses of technology are likely to have a special fondness for this “game”. My wife and I used to drive to Minneapolis from Grand Forks, ND, to be part of MECC (Minnesota Educational Computer Consortium<\/a>) because it was a way to meet others with a similar passion and to pick up the software offered through this organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This recent KSMP story<\/a> traces the 50-year history of the game and its origin with three Minnesota teachers who translated a board game developed by one of the teachers into a simple digital game. The story explains how MECC kind of launched Oregon Trail into wide visibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The originators did not make a dime – kind of the OER of that time. <\/p>\n

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