What is a blog?

Blogging on platforms like WordPress has become very popular over the past 10 years. Here's an introduction to blogging designed to give you a brief overview of what blogging is and how to participate.
​Watch the video and then answer the questions below...

What section contains the title and the logo of the blog?
a) the footer
b) the header
c) the menu

What contains the sidebar?
a) the widget
b) the menu
c) the content

Where is the main content of the blog found?
a) the footer
b) the sidebar
c) the body

Which controls how the blog looks?
a) the title
b) the theme
c) the body

Which is found at the bottom of the blog?
a) the footer
b) the widget
c) the menu

Discuss
Think about these questions and bring some questions of your own to our next class:

1. Have you ever blogged? If you have, what does your blog contain?
2. If you wanted to start a blog, what would your theme be? Why?
3. What are your favorite blog sites? Why?