I thought the blogs were a great part of this class. Considering our class is on new media, I think it pertains to our course pretty well. The blog topics usually dealt with what we were doing in class, and I never felt like they were busy work. They seemed to contribute to either our writing or preparing/editing writing.

I don't really care about turning things in over the blog or during class, but I'd rather have it just be one than both. No preference on which. Blog posts seem more difficult to remember but paper is more of a hassle.

I enjoyed reading peer's blogs. They seem less formal than normal assignments and I felt like the class sorta bonded over them. I think people actually put effort into the responses rather than "good job!" I enjoyed reading other's posts and seeing how our posts were the same and varied. Overall, I'd keep the blogs. They were one of the most enjoyable parts of the class (not that there are really any parts that I didn't enjoy.)