6.b+Implications+for+Application+in+Other+Projects

For future projects looking to motivate students to be engaged global citizens, it is clear that projects should have students applying their work in a hands-on, physical way. This, however, was only part of the students' successful participation. Where the Apply - Offline actions were great for getting students to do something, it did not guarantee quality engagement. "The kids are engaging on a superficial level, and haven't been moving themselves beyond the act of educating themselves. Just seeking information, without actually looking for ways to seek out actions of their own," as noted in the Observation Journal - Week 2. We have discovered one piece of a solution that may help in engaging a generation of students who are growing up in the information age. It is a different world where adults do not have "greater access to information and thus greater knowledge." (Mohamed, Wheeler 11) For this reason, engagement needs to go beyond just informing students, they can do that on their own. Future projects must find a way to aid students in developing the skills to critically analyze the information that sits in front of them on the computer screen and not just take it as scholarly fact.

media type="custom" key="5978821"