CALL-IS Community History

Pittsburgh, PA, 2022 … to Portland, OR, 2023
Officers

Chair: Ya-Chen (Jane) Chien
Co-Chair-Elects: Nellie Deutsch and Judy Wong
Past-Chair: Marta Halaczkiewicz
Newsletter Editors: Larry Udry and Suzanne Bardasz
Steering Committee: Aaron Schwartz, Minsun Kim, Olenka Villavicencio, Jarrent Tayag, Michael Winans, Heather Austin, Jasmin Cowin, Sandy Wagner

 Events during the year:
 Innovate and Implement Mini-Sessions (in-person)
 Hot Topics (in-person)
 Graduate Forum (in-person)
 Tinkering with Tech Workshops (in-person)
 Best of the Electronic Village Online (in-person)
 CALL Questions Bar (in-person)
 Pre-recorded mini-sessions (on-demand)
 Webinars (live online)
 Hands-on – Tech Tools in ELT resource

Virtual, 2021 … to Pittsburgh, PA, 2022
Officers

Chair: Marta Halaczkiewicz
Chair-Elect: Ya-Chen (Jane) Chien
Past-Chair: Heather Benucci
Newsletter Editors: Larry Udry and Suzanne Bardasz
Steering Committee: Mary Allegra, Kim Andrus, Ellen Dougherty, Aaron Schwartz, Minsun Kim, Olenka Villavicencio, Nellie Deutsch, Michael Winans

Events during the year:
 Virtual EV Tech Fairs (on-demand and live)
 Virtual EV Fair Classics (on-demand and live)
 Tweet-up with CALL-IS
 Virtual Worlds for ELT – live panel presentation
 What’s on Your Mind – asynchronous Jamboard
 We’re CALL-ing on You! – daily epolls

 Best of the Electronic Village Online
 Tinkering with Tech Workshops
 Let’s Learn Live! – interactive live sessions
 Online Interactive Content Made Easy – asynchronous Genially activities
 Webinars

Virtual, 2020 … to Virtual, 2021
Officers
Chair: Heather Benucci
Chair-Elect: Marta Halaczkiewicz
Past-Chair: Jennifer Francois (formerly Meyer) and Maria Tomeho-Palermino

Newsletter Editors: Larry Udry and Suzanne Bardasz
Steering Committee: Samuel Adams, Georgios Kormpas, Taira Nieves, Johanna Paraiso, Mary Allegra, Kim Andrus, Ellen Dougherty, Ya-Chen, (Jane) Chien, Aaron Schwartz

Events during the year:
 Webinars

Atlanta, GA, 2019 … to Virtual, 2020
Officers

Chair: Jennifer Meyer and Maria Tomeho-Palermino
Chair-Elect: Heather Benucci
Past-Chair: Christine Sabieh
Newsletter Editors: Larry Udry and Suzanne Bardasz
Steering Committee: Marta Halaczkiewicz, José Antonio Da Silva, Samuel Adams, Georgios Kormpas, Taira Nieves, Johanna Paraiso, Mary Allegra, Kim Andrus, Ellen Dougherty

Events during the year:
 CALL for Newcomers
 Developer’s Showcase
 EV Mini Workshop
 EV Fair (Classroom Tools, Self-Access, Mobile Devices)
 EV Fair Classics
 Mobile Apps for Education
 Hot Topics
 Webinars

Chicago, IL 2018 … to Atlanta, GA, 2019
Officers

Chair: Christine Sabieh
Co-Chair-Elects: Jennifer Meyer and Maria Tomeho-Palermino
Past-Chair: Claudio Fleury
Newsletter Editors: Larry Udry and Suzanne Bardasz
Steering Committee: Abraham Reshad, José Antonio Da Silva, Heather Benucci, James May, Marta Halaczkiewicz, Jennifer Meyer, Georgios Kormpas, Taira Nieves

Events during the year:
 CALL for Newcomers
 Developer’s Showcase
 EV Mini Workshop
 EV Fair (Classroom Tools, Self-Access, Mobile Devices)
 EV Fair Classics
 Mobile Apps for Education
 Hot Topics
 Webinars

Seattle, WA, 2017 … to Chicago, IL 2018
Officers
Chair: Claudio Fleury
Chair-Elect: Christine Sabieh
Past-Chair: Jack Watson
Newsletter Editor: Larry Udry
Steering Committee: Abraham Reshad, Maria Tomeho-Palermino, José, Antonio Da Silva, Heather Benucci, James May, Marta Halaczkiewicz, Jennifer Meyer

Events during the year:
 CALL for Newcomers
 Developer’s Showcase
 EV Mini Workshop
 EV Fair (Classroom Tools, Self-Access, Mobile Devices)
 EV Fair Classics
 Mobile Apps for Education
 Hot Topics
 Webinars

Foreword (by Roger Kenner)

We feel naturally proud of the work we have put into creating and maintaining this Interest Section, one which has had its impact both on the TESOL organization and within our field of CALL. Each year, as we move forward, new hands take up the reins from the old and fresh ideas come into our community. Yet we should never lose sight of the work that has gone before. It is for this reason that I have begun this project. I call it the Community History for I intend that the observations and anecdotes of all who have participated will be featured here. I will be contacting, for example, all of the former chairs of CALL-IS, to get their stories.

To start things off, what follows below are my personal observations, to lend flesh to some key facts that I have garnered from past IS Newsletters. It is organized around the Convention Year, which is the key milestone event in our Interest Section’s history.

A few years ago, I produced a document which traced my involvement in the founding of CALL-IS. I urge you to have a look at that story, as I will not repeat below the same detail. (Included there are the results of a members survey taken in 1984.)

Community History by Decade

1980’s1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

1990’s1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

2000’s2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

2010’s2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016