Answers and Questions;
1. Would you recommend that students produce a blog? If so why?
A blog may or may not be beneficial to a student. Certainly having a site that promotes your thoughts and shows samples of your work is a must, but a blog format may not be the best for these purposes. It's a judgement call. If the format fits your needs and understanding of HTML, then it's a valid tool, if not, don't force it. I'd recommend against simply pushing links to the work of others (there are far too many blogs that already do this - myself included) and instead offer your audience real insight on your motivations and explorations as a designer.
2. A lot of students aren't safe with putting there designs up on blogs due to the idea getting stolen. What would your opinion be on this?
I don't think that this is a valid concern. The ownership of ideas is fleeting at best and imitators or thieves will always do what they will. I'd recommend forgetting this concern and instead focus on generating ideas of value that are worth stealing. If someone does appropriate them, typically it's obvious where the ideas were lifted. Get your work out in front of the public and take criticism with an open mind. Success nullifies. Once you do succeed, you then have to do it all over again.
3. People see blogs as a way to publicize themselves and there work, but a lot of blogs don't get a lot of hits, so what would the purpose of a blog be?
Blogs can be whatever you'd like for them to be. Ideally, instead of simply adding more noise, they should contribute something of value to the world. Even it's a simple smile.
4. Finally, what's one positive and negative about having a blog?
Positive: Anyone can publish their thoughts to the world. Negative: Anyone can publish their thoughts to the world.
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