“Blogging during my sojourn abroad”

I am posting my Mini-Project #1, which essentially is based on the implementation of a blog software – an asynchronous interactive computer-mediated-communication (CMC) tool composed of, as Laford & Laford define, "Web pages where an individual (or a group) posts messages and invites comments; it is a form of threaded discussion, but less structured and its themes are often personal" (2005:687). This project will be designed for students in Advanced Spanish II (SPA310) during summer semester (June 2 – July 23, 2008) at the academic study abroad program The Center for Cross-Cultural Study , Seville, Spain.
The ultimate goal of this project will be based on perceiving how the writing and reading confidence and attitudes of students increases, as well as how they improve their cultural awareness through the journal-type blog practice while their sojourn abroad.
The structure of this tentative project is divided into 3 main parts: 1. explanation and rational for project; 2. the actual project set up for a potential student; and 3. a teacher guide.
All in all, as Eric Schmidt claims, I consider that "this notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human communication. The last big wave was Web activity. Before that one it was e-mail. Instant messaging was an extension of e-mail, real-time e-mail".
Comments and suggestion for bettering this project are more than welcome!