This document provides strategies for teachers to engage VCAL learners and recommendations for digital tools that can be used. It suggests mixing up learning opportunities by using various media like photos, diagrams, videos and music. Teachers should get to know how each student learns best and provide choices. The document also recommends telling stories and involving multiple senses to create memorable learning experiences. It promotes giving students opportunities to create products and develop skills like literacy, numeracy, critical thinking and collaboration. The document lists several free digital tools for creating websites, sharing presentations, making mind maps and word clouds.

1. A Digital Toolbox for VCAL
teachers and learners
Britt Gow, Hamilton SWTAFE

2. ● Know your students well and how they learn
best
● Mix it up - offer a variety of learning
opportunities
● Use photos, diagrams, cartoons, video, music
● Give students choices
● Tell a story and create memories with all the
senses
● Provide opportunities to create a product
Six Strategies…..

3. Knowledge Skills Attitudes
Literacy
Numeracy
Work Related
Personal
Development
Critical thinking
Collaboration
Communication
Creativity
Media skills
Technology
skills
Confidence
Persistence
Organisation
Resilience
Teamwork
Flexibility

4. Edublogs – create a class website
https://edublogs.org/

5. Over 50,000 views and
1,200 downloads on
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/brittgow/malaria-powerpoint
https://www.slideshare.net/
Slideshare – share PPTs online

6. Padlet – online pinboard
http://padlet.com

7. Bubbl.us – online mindmaps
https://bubbl.us

9. Tagxedo – create word clouds
http://www.tagxedo.com/