Blogs
Our Definition of a Blog
A Web site containing text entries about a particular topic, with the most recent appearing first. Blogs can be authored by an individual or a group of individuals. Blogs may contain links to other Web sites, images and videos.
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"Kennedy vs. Nixon"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsFU3sAlPx4
but seriously, "Blogs in Plain English"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Sources and Online Definitions
"(n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
(v.) To author a Web log."
"A Web site (or section of a Web site) where users can post a chronological, up-to-date e-journal entry of their thoughts. Each post usually contains a Web link. Basically, it is an open forum communication tool that, depending on the Web site, is either very individualistic or performs a crucial function for an organization or company. There are three basic varieties of blogs: those that post links to other sources, those that compile news and articles, and those that provide a forum for opinions and commentary."
Wikipedia
A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs.[1] With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.
Comments (5)
Anonymous said
at 8:08 pm on May 4, 2008
I like the inclusion of a cartoon...makes it more fun. I might rename the page "Blogs" instead of "Blogs vs Wiki" though, to make it consistent with the other definition pages.
Anonymous said
at 5:33 pm on May 13, 2008
Thanks Michelle - good idea; I changed the name to Blogs. I had originally thought I'd do both terms on one page, but ended up making another for Wiki - should have changed it at that time. Thanks for the suggestion!
Anonymous said
at 8:43 pm on May 14, 2008
Hi Edna, I provided a underlined link (vs that dashed thing) to your blogs vs wiki entry. I did this by going into the "edit" part of the sidebar, selecting "blogs" and selecting the "link to" button at the top. It asked me to select a page to link it to...and it came up as blogs vs wiki...which is why it now has that on the sidebar vs. just blogs.
Anonymous said
at 8:04 pm on May 16, 2008
I like the cartoon too- added visuals always make concepts stick with me better than text only.
Amanda Runyon said
at 5:59 pm on May 22, 2008
Agreed on the cartoon - it's a nice change and an informative visual :)
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