Level: Vary widely, Intermediate to well above
Circumstances: Students in secondary school, doing 6 hours English a week, with an extensive (though under-used) library of "graded readers"
Classroom time required: None; students do task as homework
Brief outline: Students are required to read a minimum 3 graded readers per term as homework. Once they have read a book, they will post their review on the class blog. Reviews to include title, author, brief plot outline, whether or not they liked it and why (not), links to 2-3 related websites, and an illustration.
Equipment required: None. All children have an Internet connection at home (with PCs also available to them at school).
To find out more about blogs and blogging:
This article on TeachingEnglish.org.uk gives a brief introduction, and you will find more posts on blogging here.
See also the "Quick Tour" at Blogger.com.