Exploring the Difference between Websites and Blogs

This post was posted to my blog at edublogs last week. I'm just reposting it here so that I have all of my blogs together in the same place.

Several differences exist between traditional web pages and blogs. Given that I have only recently began exploring the world of blogging, I realize that I may not have a full grasp on the extent of these differences. But I will expand upon what I've learned up to this point. Traditional web pages provide the user with information related to whatever topic they are exploring. There is less opportunity for users to interact (in general terms) with the contents of a web page. A blog is still a place to find information, but it is more reflective and promotes the sense of "community" better than a traditional web page.. Instead of simply explaining about something, it provides the reader with the opportunity to react to the posts, and it creates a sense of community by allowing different users to link to pages of similar interest. Obviously, there are many other differences between web pages and blogs, but those are my initial thoughts regarding this topic at this point.