Conference Speaking + Workshops

Are you looking for a dynamic speaker to engage and captivate your audience?

Neela Bell is an award-winning educator and speaker, pioneering the successful “Bridges” blended elearning program for at risk youth. She brings a wealth of insight and strategies for creating innovative online learning.

Neela also facilitates numerous workshops and staff development seminars around the province and globally through webinars online, offering easy-to-follow strategies for engaged course development and teaching.

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“This was the best session I attended at the entire conference.”
– Mary S, Calgary Teachers’ Convention, 2015

 

My Favourite Session Topics

Inclusive, diverse classrooms are the new normal and present a wide variety of challenges. How can we offer every student an engaging, personalized education? Blending online learning into our classrooms is an innovative way for teachers to reach more students, without leaving anyone behind. This session will explain what “Blended Learning” looks like, the tips and tricks to using online courses in a regular classroom, and showcase some amazing, creative examples of online courses.

If you want to shape the behavior of your students and skyrocket engagement … gamifying is the answer! Join Neela for this intro session on the “basics” of gamifying, including; progress mechanics (points, levels, badges), avatar building, and the development of an inspiring narrative. This will be a jam-packed session offering ideas and tools to add fun and engaging “gaming” elements to your classroom!

Looking for ways to supercharge the engagement in your online course? Gamifying adds a more “personalized” learning experience in your online courses. Learners experience content in ways which are more engaging and responsive through the elements of game design, such as; progress mechanics (points, levels, badges), personalized “flow” (conditional events) and the shared development of an inspiring narrative. Join Neela for a jam-packed session focused on taking your Moodle courses to another “level”! Some experience in Moodle course development is helpful.

Are your lessons feeling a little dated? Are you feeling way behind the curve on visual learning, social media and video? Well, ditch that clipart and hold on tight … you’re in for a whirlwind tour of what’s awesome (and really easy) to add to your teaching toolkit this year, including; screencasting, soundtracks, infographics and 50 ways to use Twitter with your class.

Some students will never attend regularly. In building-dependent learning there is little hope of success. This session outlines the unique challenges of teaching At Risk Youth and showcases the award-winning “Bridges” program and its use of online learning in reconnecting with these students.

 

A Few Terrific Organizations I have Worked With

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