A few professors at Whitman have integrated blogging into their curriculum recently as a peer-editing tool or a replacement for journaling. Professors Kristy King and Lynn Sharp introduced blogging to Encounters this year, asking their students to post every few weeks regarding the reading material and comment twice per week with additional ideas or critical feedback. A main reason that these professors have made the move to blogging is to encourage first-year students to share their work with a wider audience.