Authenticity means how "real-world" the learning or the task is. It also increases student motivation and learning. There can be different ways of authenticity; such as an authentic context, the use of real-world processes, tasks and tools, and quality standards, a real impact on others, or something that will be used or experienced by others. Lastly, a project can also have personal authenticity when having students' own concerns, interests, cultures, identities and issues in their lives.
Engage the community by contacting local organizations and experts to provide real-world experiences, perspectives and resources.
Think of an appropriate, engaging and relevant final product:
What will students create, present or demonstrate at the end of the process?
The project has to respond to real-world situations and it should be used by real people in the community
Promote students' voice and choice here by letting them decide what project they want to develop.
What assessment criteria is more suitable for the product chosen? Develop a rubric to outline the criteria for success. Share it with students at the beginning of the project.
Work out a timeline and checkpoints with students. Divide the project into manageable tasks to be completed within established deadlines to revise, reflect, evaluate and improve their work. Students will stay on task and complete their project. A Day-by-Day calendar could be used.