Thanks so much to @eyeonaxs & @AEM_Center for letting me chat with y'all about #a11y in #SocialMedia! Remember: YOU have the power to make your posts more accessible and more engaging for your followers. 🤘 bit.ly/2fChZxq#AEM4all#UDLchat
ALT Social Media Accessibility: Plain Language represented by a speech bubble, CamelCase Hashtags represented by a # symbol, Image Descriptions represented by an icon of three people, Captioning & Audio represented by closed captioning & audio description icons, and Link Shorteners represented by the WWW abbreviation. | Mindy Johnson @min_d_j CC-BY-NC-ND
Quick tips for Twitter #a11y:
* Emojis don’t need descriptions (they have them already)
* Opt-in and describe every image you post (how: bit.ly/2PGrWah)
* Describe GIFs in the body of your post [GIF: Woman saying “You learn something new every day” and winking]
#UDLIRN
AT Journal Article: "Environmental barriers to participation and facilitators for use of three types of assistive technology devices" ow.ly/1YGz30nItyt
3.1 million teachers in the U.S., and the No. 1 MS history teacher in the country works in #oneCCPS!
Tracey Zaval, civics and econ teacher at Robious Middle, is the National Council for the Social Studies' 2018 Outstanding Middle School Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year.