Difference between a website and a blog

The African Digital schools initiative (ADSI) is encouraging the secondary schools here in Africa to have an online presence. A school can have an online presence by having a social media account such as facebook, tweeter among others. A school can also start and run a website or run a blog.
What is the difference between a website and a blog?
I have gone through many articles and journals to try and answer this question. I have decided to summarize the information and present it here so that you can cannot equally go through the same jargon that I have gone through.
Basically the difference is how data is presented to the reader. A blog is a short form of web-log while a website is a short form of the phrase, “a site on the web”. A web is the interconnection of computers around the world (world wide web i.e www).
According to Wikipedia, a blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time, while a website is a collection of related web pages, typically identified with a common domain name and published on at least one web server.
In Nyamira we say, “all bananas are fruits but not all fruits are bananas”. Likewise, all blogs are websites but not all websites are blogs.  A website can have a blog as part of the website but not as the only thing. A website will also have a homepage that displays a menu that is hyperlinked to several of the internal web pages like contacts, about us, donate, apply online among others.
A blog provides commenting system and therefore it is considered to be more interactive between the author and the readers. A blog will also offer a subscription system to send free emails to the readers and the articles inside a blog are organized in a reverse- chronological order. That means the latest post on the blog appears at the top of the page. Therefore, you can have a blog as a standalone website or you can have a website whereby a blog is part of it.
Although blogs are becoming a popular way of presenting ideas online, websites have also started to incorporate the advantages of blogs. For instance, some websites now days allow their visitors to give comments and even conduct opinion polls.
As the online platform is changing very fast, the African schools are not going to be left behind, thanks to GESCI that is holding our hand.
By Erwin Mogusu (omogusu@gmail.com)
A STEM teacher and blogger from Nyamira county – Kenya.