Blogging for the first time

When I first realized that we would have to participate and create in a blog, I was very apprehensive.  I have heard of blogs but have never actually participated in one.  So as I was reading in our book “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson”, I found that I agreed with the reading that the students are more familiar with the new technologies than are the students.  I know that my 5 year old can more easily operate her websites than I could at the age of 20.  I do see how technology is being incorporated more into our curriculum now than in the past.  I am amazed that our elementary students now have to type their responses to a writing assessment as early as third grade.  I didn’t even take typing until I was in high school.  As I was reading, I was also didn’t realize that the school websites could be considered a blog.  That leads me to ask, is my school website considered a blog, because our class information such as schedule, assignments, and projects are located there and the parents can send us an email through the site.  So would it be considered a blog?  In our text it states that “blogging takes as much skill as sending an email” (Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson), I hope that by the end of this class, it will be that easy.