Because the links that I've tried to visit weren't in use any more. For instance: http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com/ or http://beeonline.blogspot.com/ -- where the last posts are of 2005...
It was like walking in a desert, where among the shifting sands you see the ruins of once great civilizations....
Thus I wonder... Blogging probably is a tool to reach certain goals for a certain group for a certain period. And as it is mentioned in the previously mentioned article Blogging for ELT -- one constantly needs to update it and keep it alive, otherwise it looses its relevance. And thinking about the habits that young people develop these days... they are very interactive and do not require long thought processing, neither do they write or read as much as their previous generation... They are the people of quick information and visuals. In this age of constant change it is probably impossible for things to stay as they are....
Therefore my thoughts would probably be... that for a blog to stay alive it should have a purpose, strong incentive and relevance to a class.
