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To start, we’re all truly sorry about the delay in releasing our latest episode. I’d like to say that perfection takes time, but we’ve simply been contending with sick podcasters, sick children, and conflicting schedules. As we finally get things moving again, we promise to try and be more dependable for you.

In Episode Four, we spend some time thinking about our name. Why did we want to call the podcast “The Ed Revolution”? Where do we see these revolutions? How does technology fit into the picture? Can we ever keep a podcast down to a reasonable length?   All of this, plus the usual roundtable of links.

Show Notes:

Scott talked up Wordsift – a similar site to Wordle, but with further links to the Visual Thesaurus.
http://www.wordsift.com

Andy points out an interesting article, questioning the relevancy of Acceptable Use Policies. It really is a must-read for anyone involved in these discussions.
http://www.edjurist.com/blog/acceptable-use-policies-becoming-a-relic.html

Ben loves Blip.fm, as does Andy.  Great ability to share songs with friends.
http://www.blip.fm

Scott mentioned Imaginationcubed, an interesting online drawing site.  Ben promptly drew a likeness of Scott.  We invite you to try your own interpretation of Smeech and post it in the comments.  The winner will get a cookie.
http://imaginationcubed.com/

Andy points out that Google has revised their quick start guides for their Google Docs applications.  It’s great way to get teachers and students started with the tool.
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-beginners-3-getting-started-guides.html

Ben tips us off to Photovaco, a new site with royalty-free images.
http://www.photovaco.com/index.php