If you asked a couple of years ago what the difference between a blog and web-page is I may have more of a concise answer. These days the lines are blurred somewhat due to the staggering amount of mainstream blogs out there. Is a news website like http://news.bbc.co.uk a blog? It is date stamped and newer additions to the front-page push to the top. Just like a blog. When describing a blog to Grade 5 students we discuss how a blog is like an online journal, in essence. This is true in relation to what our Grade 5 students are going to be doing but marking the difference between blogs and web-pages based on the criteria of "journal-like entries" won't be enough anymore. I would also add the possible criteria of individual viewpoints a blog may have as compared to a generic journalistic viewpoint of a web-page. But, again, it's not that simple anymore!
Just testing out
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