What is a blog? And how is it different from a blog post?

From the looks of it, most of you have experience with blogging, which is great. But given that our course will focus on the various genres of writing, I'd like to do some reading and thinking about exactly what a blog is.

 1. First watch this video. Which of the features of the blogs mentioned have you never used? Would you include it for a blog in our class?

2. Now go to blogger and create your own blog. Please use your real name for your blogger account. Remember this a blog to deal with the contents of our class. 

3. Please read this article in Slate. When you're finished write a blog post in which you respond to Wickman's distinction between blog v. blog post.

When you're finished responding to this entry and copy and paste your url here. This way we can see all of our blogs.