Ah, the art of blogging. I never really thought of it as anything more than entertainment. If someone had an interesting blog then I would occasionally check back when I was bored. I feel as if it is something that students can easily pick up since most of them probably have their own blogs, or post notes on facebook. I'm not sure how I would be able to monitor 120 different blogs if I set them up in my classroom, and I feel at the middle school level they would need to be checked often. Would I let them use a pen name, so no one would know who they are talking to? Granted, they will probably tell their friends their names, but that way students who are less popular would feel free to post since people might not know who's blog it is. Also, they might be picked on less often this way? I'm not sure with blogging the pros out weight the cons. If you are looking for a new media for students to express themselves, this is it, but for some reason the rules of grammar and spelling do not usually apply to blogging.