Tracking project development is a key issue in computer science. The product counts, of course, but so does the effort students make to get there. In the Senior Project course I have found that blogs provide an excellent structure for tracking progress. Blogs take on a life of their own, it seems. Everyone (or every team) in the course has a blog space, which they are required to update weekly. Some interesting things happen, which I, frankly, did not anticipate. The blog becomes not just a place to record what has already happened – it becomes the place where it does happen. The blog pushes the thinking process; ideas are formed and strong intentions are declared. Furthermore, blogs can be used to form a network structure. All blogs are available to all students in the course via the course WebCT site. This alters the relationships in the course. All lines do not go from students up to teacher; they go instead to everyone in the course. An extension of this valuable shift happens with e-portfolios. E-portfolios provide a space for students to put their projects, including all stages of development. They can even include the blogs. E-p’s get students thinking beyond the project itself to the presentation of the project. Once again the package drives the process: the power of the structure enhances the sense of what can happen, and pushes, motivates students. E-portfolios are also available for all members of the classes. This means a lot of checking of each others work and noticing the good ones, which raises the bar of expectations. It is interesting to sit back and see all of this happen. I don’t intrude very much. I let the structure and the power of the tools take over.