Blogs were important spaces for students to record notes, pose questions, and organize their ideas before and after seminar.  However, some students found blogging repetitive or a poor substitute for face-to-face interactions. These findings became clear from observation of seminars, reading student blogs, and reviewing mid-term and final assessments (which specifically addressed blogging). Most importantly, students wrote essays analyzing their own and other students' blogs. These essays provided invaluable "meta" analysis of student learning in the course. Significantly, students described blogs as providing a public record of their own learning, making their process as learners visible to themselves and others.