What is a blog?

What is a blog? There are plenty sources that have different meanings of a blog. Basically, the word blog came from the compound word of web log, and later, some bloggers make it shorter to a blog. Eliminating the prefix, the two letters were eliminated and then to be read as b-l-o-g. In short, the word weblog became blog for a shorter name. From Wikipedia, “A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries (“post”) typically in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). What is the purpose of a blog? As I mentioned on my answer to question 1, blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web (WWW) and consisting of discrete entries. How can you use this in your official capacity? (teacher, admin, central office, etc.) We can use the blog as a part of communicating or discussing some important issues in our work related issues as a teacher such as discussing the lesson planning of the week for an example. On the other hand, we can join to a PSS discussion on a certain issues by using the blog. Some schools in CNMI have a blog’s site in the internet. Give at least two explicitly examples of uses (not just “reflection”) The blog can be used by the students in school’s club such as music club, language arts clubs or any school sanction club to teach the students to practice their language communications skills. It can be used also for the distribution of live news as reported by the news reporter. What are the benefits and drawbacks of a blog? BENEFITS: We can express our freedom of speech and press by using the blog. DRAWBACKS: On the other hand, freedom of speech is limited due to some restrictions of the company’s policy. Cite at least 1 resource from our readings on blogs or an outside source you found: WIKIPEDIA