Oral history interview with Dale LaFrenz, 1995 April 13.

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Oral history interview with Dale LaFrenz, 1995 April 13.

After briefly discussing his educational background, he relates his initial exposure with computing in the classroom while teaching at the University of Minnesota high school. He discusses their use of early BASIC through telecommunications to Dartmouth and the spread of computing use to local schools. LaFrenz recounts the formation of TIES, Total Information for Educational Systems, and his move to Honeywell to assist them in developing instructional time-sharing. The bulk of the interview concerns his role in the creation of Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC), MECC's early provision of instructional and administrative computing to Minnesota school districts, and the evolution into an educational software developer and supplier.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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O'Neill, Judy E. (Judy Elizabeth)

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Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium

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LaFrenz, Dale Eugene,

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President of Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). From the description of Oral history interview with Dale LaFrenz, 1995 April 13. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62448438 ...