Description
Over a four-year period, Kevin Halsall designed and built the Omeo: a mobility device that gives people much greater freedom than a traditional wheelchair. In this article, Kevin shares his motivation and design process, and his friend Marcus shares the impact the Omeo has had on his life.
This pack contains response activities complete with activity explainer videos for supporting teaching and learning reading strategies including:
- Skim and Scan activities
- Summarise activities
- Questioning activities
- Inference activities
- Making Connections activities
- Visualising activities
Themes explored include: adaptation, challenge, change, design, development, disability, engineering, idea, independence, innovation, Kevin Halsall, Marcus Thompson, mobility, Omeo, problem, prototype, Segway, social media, solution, technology, wheelchair
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