Here are my thoughts on the English IV blogging and multi-genre project so far:
I believe that the project so far has been motivating for the students.  Probably the biggest problem that we have encountered is students having access to the internet and to word processing programs.  There has been some degree of difficulty using the blogger website, but in general, students have learned and adapted well.
What I like about the project so far:
I'm actually enjoying being able to access my students work at home.  I've been copying and pasting student blog posts into Word, commenting on the work, and sending it back to them on Engrade.
I think that students enjoy the possibilities of adding links, videos, pictures, and gadgets to their blog pages.
The blogs are a great place for students to place links to articles and other sources that they can use later.
I am enjoying not being bound to controversial topics and research paper format.  Students have chosen topics in which they genuinely have interest.  Students also have freedom of choice in the genres that they choose.
So far, the project is going really well from my viewpoint.