Very few students kept up with the blog project as assigned to us. Many students forgot and just viewed it more as an assignment than as a real means of communication with other japanese students. The course contains a lot of work as it is and I just dont feel that the blog project was truly effective. However, I think some individuals did enjoy having a new medium for interacting in japanese and valued the experience. Therefore, I think, as it was initially assigned to us, it should be something that is available to students but not a requirement. Better yet, if extra credit were to be assigned based on blog work I think that would be an effective incentive without the added pressure.