2007年10月31日星期三

The CALL Interest Section Community History

The CALL Interest Section
Community History

Roger Kenner
Concordia University
Montreal, Qc, Canada
1998, 2000, 2003


 

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Foreword

We feel naturally proud of the work we have put into creating and maintining 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.)

Skip Ahead?
[1984] [1985] [1986] [1987] [1988]
[1989] [1990] [1991] [1992] [1993]
[1994] [1995] [1996] [1997] [1998]
[1999] [2000] [2001] [2002]
[2003]

See also: Vance Steven's Recollections on the begining of Call-IS

The Years of CALL-IS

  • Toronto: 1983
    • The TESOL Convention was held in Toronto, Ontario in that year. There was a pre-conference symposium which gathered together the "who's who" in the use of computers in language learning. One result of the seminar was the decision that we should henceforth call this endeavor. "Computer-Assisted Language Learning", or CALL. Another was that we should found an interest section within TESOL. There were quite a number of CALL-related sessions, almost all along the same hallway, which came to be known as the "CALL-Hall". What was exciting was that for the first time, many of these sessions were not directed at newcomers, but at colleagues.
    • The unnoficial "officers" elected at the open, founding meeting were:

Chair 

David Sanders  

Co-chair 

Vance Stevens  

Secretary 

Roger Kenner  

Newletter Editor 

Ingrid Berjawsky  

Steering Committee

Paul Hardin
Roger Kenner
Don Loritz
Karen Price
David Wyatt

  • Roger Kenner's further observations on this year are contained in The Founding of CALL-IS.
  • Others' Observations: (More can be added!)
    Vance Steven's recollections
  • CALL-IS missed all the deadlines outlined in TESOL's constitution for acceptance in 1983. Nevertheless, TESOL was very interested in us. We operated that first year as an independent organization, based at Concordia University. TESOL supported us financially. We were unoffically given some of the status and privileges of an Interest Section. We had a wide range of members involved in teaching languages other than English, who were not members of TESOL.
    We managed a couple of mail-outs to all our members, but never managed to put out a newsletter.

Chair 

Vance Stevens  

Co-chair 

Roger Kenner  

Newletter Editor 

Joel Bloch  

Steering Committee 

Joel Bloch
Cecelia Dressia
Ronald Komer
Don Loritz
Kathryn Hall-Allamyari
Charlie Lewis
Juan Perez
Karen Price
Emily Thrush

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

  • Roger Kenner's further observations on this year are contained in The Founding of CALL-IS.
  • Others' Observations to be filled in here!
  • It took a year or so for CALL-IS's original independent mailing list to be integrated into TESOL's. TESOL agreed to support our non-English teaching members, non-TESOL members, at a reduced rate. Joel Bloch produced our first newsletter, 1(1), in December of 1984. We continued for several years to send both newsletters, containing articles, and mail-outs, containing administrative information and ballots. We were among the first Interest Sections to elect our officers by mail-in ballot, allowing all members to have a say.

Chair 

Roger Kenner  

Co-chair 

Macey Taylor  

Newletter Editor 

Joel Bloch  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.)

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

  • Roger Kenner's further observations on this year are contained in The Founding of CALL-IS.
  • Others' Observations to be filled in here!
  • We prevailed upon TESOL to change the way in which papers were accepted for the Convention. Starting with the 1986 Convention, all papers were submitted to and judged by the Interest Sections. We were called upon to suggest a keynote speaker for the 1986 Convention. We suggested John Higgins, who was accepted.
    The plan was put forward that each Interest Section should have a "Hospitality Table" at the 1986 Convention. We successfully argued that we, CALL-IS, needed a room rather than just a table.
  • Other Events:
    • CALL Digest 1(2), May 1985, Norm Johnson, 8 pages

Chair 

Macey Taylor  

Co-chair 

Peter Lee  

Newletter Editor 

Joel Bloch  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.)

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Peter Lee  

Co-chair 

Katherine Muhlhausen  

Newletter Editor 

Joel Bloch & Pat Dunkel  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.)

Chair 

Katherine Muhlhausen  

Co-chair 

Gerald Dalgish  

Newletter Editor 

Macey Taylor(?)  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.)
But would have included:
Michael Carrier
Phillip Hubbard
Geoff Jordan

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Gerald Dalgish  

Co-chair 

Claire Bradin  

Newletter Editor 

Macey Taylor  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.) But would have included:
Michael Carrier
Phillip Hubbard
Geoff Jordan
Peter Lee
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
Macey Taylor

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Claire Bradin  

Co-chair 

Deborah Healey  

Past-Chair 

Gerald Dalgish  

Newletter Editor 

Macey Taylor  

Steering Committee 

To 1991:
Michael Carrier
Phillip Hubbard
Geoff Jordan
To 1992
Peter Lee
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
Macey Taylor
To 1993
Norman Johnson
Laura Perez
Vance Stevens

Librarians 

Amiga: Macey Taylor
Apple: Elizabeth Stone
Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Nancy Jones
C-64/128 Vacant

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Deborah Healey  

Associate Chair> 

Douglas Coleman  

Past-Chair 

Claire Bradin  

Newletter Editor 

Macey Taylor  

Steering Committee 

To 1992
Peter Lee
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
Macey Taylor
To 1993
Norman Johnson
Laura Perez
Vance Stevens
To 1994
Geoff Jordan
Nancy Jones
Evelyn Fella

Librarians 

Amiga: Macey Taylor
Apple: Gerald Dalgish
Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Nancy Jones

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Douglas Coleman  

Associate Chair> 

Marianne Phinney  

Past-Chair 

Deborah Healey  

Newletter Editor 

Macey Taylor  

Steering Committee 

To 1993
Norman Johnson
Laura Perez
Vance Stevens
To 1994
Geoff Jordan
Nancy Jones
Evelyn Fella
To 1995 Jeff Magoto
John McVicker
Sheryl Beller

Librarians 

Amiga: Macey Taylor
Apple: Gerald Dalgish
Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Roger Kenner

User's Groups 

Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Vance Stevens
Amiga: Michael Hanish
Apple II: Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Marianne Phinney  

Associate Chair 

Elizabeth Hanson-Smith  

Past-Chair 

Douglas Coleman  

Newletter Editor 

Macey Taylor  

Steering Committee 

To 1994
Geoff Jordan
Nancy Jones
Evelyn Fella
To 1995 Jeff Magoto
John McVicker
Sheryl Beller
To 1996
Debra Hoven
Carla Meskill
Karen Price

Librarians 

Amiga: Macey Taylor
Apple: Gerald Dalgish
Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Roger Kenner

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Associate Chair 

Susan Dever  

Past-Chair 

Marianne Phinney  

Newletter Editor 

Linda Foley  

Steering Committee 

Jeff Magoto
John McVicker
Sheryl Beller
Carla Meskill
Karen Price
Debra Hoven
Lisa Eret
Ronald Long
Lee Thompson

Librarians 

Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Roger Kenner

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Susan Dever  

Associate Chair 

Jeff Magoto  

Past-Chair 

Elizabeth Hanson-Smith  

Newletter Editor 

Linda Foley (?)  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.)

Librarians 

Mac: Deborah Healey
Dos: Roger Kenner

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Jeff Magoto  

Associate Chair 

Carolyn Heacock  

Past-Chair 

Susan Dever  

Newletter Editor 

Linda Foley  

Steering Committee 

(More research is needed to find this information.)  

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Carolyn Heacock  

Associate Chair 

Ron Corio  

Past-Chair 

Jeff Magoto  

Newletter Editor 

Joy Egbert  

Read.me Column Editor 

Sheryl Beller-Kenner

Steering Committee 

To 1998:
Mark Algren To 1999:
Susan Gaer Peter Lee
Tom Robb
Jim Buell
to 2000:
Phil Hubbard
Leslie Opp-Beckman
Colin Sachs
Greg Younger

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

Chair 

Ron Corio  

Chair-Elect 

Leslie Opp-Beckman 

Past-Chair 

Carolyn Heacock  

Newletter Editor 

Joy Egbert

Steering Committee 

Susan Gaer
Tom Robb
Jim Buell
Peter Lee
Phil Hubbard
Colin Sachs
Greg Younger
Doug Mills
Suzan Moody

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

 
 

Chair 

Leslie Opp-Beckman  

Chair-Elect 

Tom Robb 

Past-Chair 

Ron Corio  

Newletter Editor 

 

Steering Committee 

Peter Lee
Phil Hubbard
Colin Sachs
Greg Younger
Doug Mills
Suzan Moody
Leslie Hammersmith
Joy Egbert
Steve McGuire

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

 
 

Chair 

Tom Robb  

Chair-Elect 

Colin Sachs  

Past-Chair 

Leslie Opp-Beckman  

Newletter Editor 

 

Steering Committee 

Doug Mills
Suzan Moody
Leslie Hammersmith
Joy Egbert
Steve Mcguire
Greg Kessler
Susanne McLaughlin
Jeff Nelson
+ one other (?)

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

 
 

Chair 

Tom Robb  

Chair-Elect 

Suzan Stamper (Moody)  

Past-Chair 

Tom Robb  

Newletter Editor 

 

Steering Committee 

Joy Egbert
Steve Mcguire
Susanne McLaughlin
Greg Kessler
Jeff Nelson
John Skinner
John Avery
Ron Long
Christine Bauer-Ramazani

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

 
 

Chair

Suzan Stamper (Moody)  

Chair-Elect 

Greg Kessler  

Past-Chair 

Tom Robb  

Newletter Editor 

Chris Sauer  

Steering Committee 

Steve Sharp
Susanne McLaughlin
Jeff Nelson
John Avery
Ron Long
Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Malika Lyon
Douglas Coleman
Dawn Bikowski

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

 
 

Chair 

Greg Kessler  

Chair-Elect 

Susanne McLaughlin (?)  

Past-Chair 

Suzan Stamper (Moody)  

Newletter Editor 

 

Steering Committee 

John Avery
Ron Long
Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Malika Lyon
Douglas Coleman
Dawn Bikowski
Randall Davis
Steven Sharp
Diana (Yu-fang) Yang

(Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention
and serve through to the end of the next Convention

 
 


 

Prepared by Roger Kenner
May, 1998; July 2000; May, June, November,2003

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