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April 2016wormy-spring

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Recent Lesson and Resource Posts



New from the Writing Team!

Paul and the Bright Light 

7 Workshops to choose from, including:
A Popcorn (Conversion) Science Workshop, the Amazing Grace Music Workshop, a "Slo-Motion" Drama, a food map of the story, and a footsteps mural.
Read the Lesson Summaries

Did you see the Team's all new
Pentecost: Wind, Fire, Faith!  lesson set?

Writing Team Set Update Schedule: 
    ♥  Purim: The Story of Esther (due late April)
    ♥  Exodus! (due mid-late June)

Our special "Writing Team" Lesson Sets were created over the past 12 years by volunteers for our Supporting Members. Starting last year, we began re-writing them --making them more creative, and adding new workshops.

The Writing Team's special sets are in addition to  the hundreds of other great lessons and ideas posted in the Rotation.org Lesson Forum.

What's happening to the "old" Writing Team Lessons?
As we move through the Team's 34 lesson sets, some original content is being preserved or updated in the new lessons, some content is being re-posted to the public forums, and some are simply being retired. Rotation.org is a constantly evolving and improving resource!



Have great Sunday School photos to share? Post them here.


"Open Source" vs "Closed Source"

"Open Source" typically describes software code that is created by a community of dedicated volunteer coders --who then share their code with others.  If you use the Firefox web browser, it was created by an open source community.

Rotation.org is "open source." 

The opposite approach is called "proprietary" or "closed" source. For example, denominational curriculum is "closed source." Whether in print form or electronic, they don't want to give you the "source code" to make it easy for you modify their work. Why? Because they are trapped in a "publish or perish" mindset, and "product cycle" thinking.

Rotation.org's "open source" model embodies what teachers and churches preach:
            ...We are better when we share with and inspire each other.  

You can print lessons from Rotation.org, and we have invested a lot of time over the past two years to improve their layout for a better printed appearance. BUT....we've always believed that great teachers often just want to COPY the text from our site, paste it into a document, and make it their own. Rotation.org was created by and for those who appreciate having an open source that allows them to "make it their own." 

Next year we will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Rotation.org. It has "taken a village" to create what you see today. If you have not already done so, please consider becoming a supporting villager!

 

      

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