I think a blog can actually be a useful activity for foreign language. A friend and former colleague has moved to Peru to further her education and to improve her langauge skills. We are in communication via facebook of all things-- just goes to show how technology is changing communication and networking. We are collaborating on creating a blog for my students and the students with whom she is working in Peru. Ideally the blog would be a quasi-penpal type of activity. The difficulties are ensuring all students have equal access to technology in order to participate in the assignment and how to monitor cheating. I want to encourage students to experiment with the language so in my rubric I have allowed some flexibility for grammar and spelling. This is very difficult for me since these are focal points to any language.