Free Work Day

During my economics class I came across the idea that if you give your "employee" a free day to work on whatever project they so chose, they will produce results you wouldn't imagine. So, I decided to give my computer classes a "free work day" so they could show me their computer skills on something that they were passionate about. Some students wrote a story, some made a powerpoint, some made creative signs, while others made greeting cards. Overall I was quite impressed with what some people accomplished, and I didn't have any complaining! At the end of the class period I simply had the students tell me what they wanted to be graded on - all of them got full credit.