THE BLOG IN EDUCATION1. GENERAL OBS

THE BLOG IN EDUCATION
1. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BLOG
The Oxford English Dictionary Online defines the noun blog as, “2. A frequently updated web
site consisting of personal observations, excerpts from other sources, etc., typically run by a
single person, and usually with hyperlinks to other sites; an online journal or diary.” On the
Internet, a blog is a personal or professional journal that is frequently updated and intended for
general public consumption. The essential characteristics of the blog are its journal form,
typically a new entry each day, and its informal style. Many blogs include photo, audio, and
video information.
Even though weblogs have been in existence since the very beginning of the world wide web
itself, free, commercially available “blogging software” of the type discussed in this article
seems to have made its first appearance in July of 1999 (Blood, 2000). Because of the relative
quickness and ease of publishing this type of software affords, the number of users has grown
tremendously since then, and we can now observe blogs being used for personal, educational,
journalistic, and commercial purposes.
A blog has geography just like any static website and features several specific “territories” that in
combination create the uniqueness that is a blog. It can be discussed from following factors: