Success in reading and learning is increased when students are engaged in the process. This project has shown how important it is to build intrinsic motivation for students to be the drivers of their own success. Extrinsic motivation may have the effect of getting the desired result for the short term, the problem we encounter is the motivation is decreased when the reward is no longer present. Students need to learn to pursue these literacy and learning goals to progress their own achievement and success. When individuals are motivated to increase their own success and achievements it builds a growth mind set for them to pursue their own learning and success into the future. Reading and literacy is the gateway to knowledge and understanding. It gives students the ability to critically think, research, find answers to difficult problems, and to navigate through everyday life successfully. It gives students the tools and strategies to become active, participants in society. Literacy is prevalent in everything we do daily. Students need to be successful in literacy to help them become successful and leaders in their own lives.
As teachers our job is to teach students to become seekers of knowledge and to learn where to look to make those discoveries.