Using a Blog in a Geography Classroom

I would like to use a blog in my geography classroom. I think the best way to do this would be to have an ongoing assignment each time the class finishes discussing a country. The assignment would be:

• "Blog Your Way Through School in Another Country"
• Students will pretend that they are a school student enrolled in whichever country we have discussed (France, England, Russia, Egypt, Israel, etc).
• Based on what we have discussed about the culture in this country, write a blog post about what you think it would be like to attend school in this country.
• What types of things would you do? What subjects would you learn? What things would you hear or smell?

Students would have 2-3 days to post on their blog site. Students would be able to see each other's blog sites so they could get different opinions.