Take 5---Thoughts about blogging in Spanish class

After our meeting the other day I spent some time thinking about how I could use a class blog to benefit the students. I even asked my classes what they thought about blogging. Some of the students really liked it, but I was very surprised to hear many of them say that they didn't like it, that it was being overused by teachers and that they would rather hand in a piece of paper with the assignment written on it. Well, maybe they need a little more education on the power of blogging! Anyway, I think a class blog would be very helpful in Spanish to emphasize culture by setting up a link that the students could visit and respond to. I think I'd like to start out slowly by offering extra credit (which I don't usually do) for any students that respond. Also, I really liked the idea of a student being a scribe for the class and would like to try that idea.