The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log; ‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order; The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger” and Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts" “posts” or “entries”.
A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”.
Most of the times Blogs contain didactic and educational material where students and teachers can benefit.
Nowadays, Blogs are an important tool in the teaching and learning process.
The next link will take you to know better what is the Blog for, so I invite you to take a look to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI