I am writing an article about this subject and I am looking for real-life examples and experiences to refine it. I'm using a Manila site to teach my online Introduction to Manila course. My student's personal weblogs are linked on the right of the site. The most interesting may be with my electronic music class at De Anza College.
Students do individual lab work in a facility with net access.
They each have accounts on a Manila site for the class. When they encounter problems or had question in the lab they just post a message into the Manila discussion group, I get the email notification, and I post a reply. Email me if you want to disucss this or anything else. Her essay characterizes our weblogging community perfectly. It has, unsurprisingly, evolved rapidly since last fall, and now includes much that neither Laura nor I foresaw.