Barbara Ganley's project in creative writing is great.
One of her students writes:

"Blogging can be pretty intimidating, frankly it can be scary as hell. As most of you probably know from years of e-mails and instant messages, it can be hard to convey what you mean on the internet, especially to people you don’t know very well. But I can assure you that reluctance to put yourself out there (both in your writing and your comments to your peers) will fade away the more you use the blog. Soon, you will be checking it every day, obsessively, without even thinking about it. And not just your blogs, but the blogs of everyone in your group, and maybe even a couple of people whose writing you just find yourself drawn to. The most important thing is that you get into your blogging habit right away, so that you become comfortable with it faster".