Blogging

I just read a fascinating article on blogging in education. I do have my students blog, but really, I agree that posting one response to a prompt or assignment is not real blogging. Thoughts: how to encourage real blogging? If it's not tied to a grade, will students do it? What of the quality? Does it matter as long as they are writing? What is the motivation to blog? Do I require them to read each others blogs? To comment? It gives me a lot to think about, but since I'm just now implementing blogs in the 1101 (on-campus and hybrid) and 1102 classroom, I don't think we're off to a bad start. Would I like to see it evolve? Yes. To what? Links, more reflective, less self-centered. More reader-based, not writer-based. Engaging.