Introduction. What’s this blogging thing all about?

I am taking a course at the University of Fairbanks Alaska and one of the assignments is to make a blog. Not just a blog about your life but a blog about things you are interested in and want to research more about.  I honestly did not know what a blog was until i attended my first class. The first class I attended scared me silly, but I also realized there is whole world out there that I have not been aware of until now.  I want to learn everything about blogs and how they are done and done right. I want to learn how to write well and to the point. I have always been confident in the field of communication (my major) and speaking in public, but never in the written word. That is why I am ready for this challenge…. blogging!