<p>Ann Gagnè talks about how to align our values through accessibility on episode 393 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br />
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<h2>Quotes from the episode</h2>
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<p>Alt text allows you to put a description of what you are tweeting in terms of the image, gif, or infographics.<br />
-Ann Gagné</p>
<p>On a foundational level alt text is there to help increase information to the most amount of people as possible.<br />
-Ann Gagné</p>
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<h2>Resources</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.thestarfishchange.org/starfish-tale">The Tale of the Starfish</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/CatchTheseWords/status/1405222194096099329?s=20">Connor Scott Gardner’s Twitter thread</a></li>
<li><a href="https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-content-images">Alt Text info from Digital Accessibility at Harvard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/">WebAIM’s Alternative Text article</a></li>
<li><a href="https://publish.illinois.edu/accessibility-training/2019/11/11/how-to-add-alt-text-on-twitter/">How to add Alt Text on Twitter from University of Illinois</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/get_alttext?lang=en">AltText Reader on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nel_Noddings">Nel Noddings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/caring-a-relational-approach-to-ethics-and-moral-education-9780520275706/9780520275706">Caring: A Relational Approach to Ethics and Moral Education, by Nel Noddings</a></li>
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