by Fisa Mihy-Mihyndu

Created on: November 18, 2008

Creative teaching tools are excellent aids for success. A school dristrict may use a tool that may help students learn faster and better and help students produce better grades. A political campaign may use a legal and viable strategy that is more likely to cause more peolple to get involved into politics and more likely to influence the outcome of the election. A scientist may find a way to go to space by creating a technology - space shuttle - that may revolutionize science and maximize our ouderstanding of the universe.

Interestingly, we recently saw the power of two creative political tools, grassroots and public financing . Recently, the democrats won a decent victory partly because of the two strategies they adopted in the general elections. President-elect Mr. Obama and his campaign built the most successful and advanced campaign in the history of presidential elections. We all witnessed the power of grassroots. The Obama's campaign effectively managed to create several offices during the primaries and during the general elections. The campaign had a lot of new and faithful democrats who were willing to work hard and tirelessly. Some of those were young people. Some of those were young republicans. Some were young and old evangelicals. And some of those were republicans and independents. Consequently, however the success did not just come from the grassroots power. Public financing was a wise and powerful strategy that helped Mr. Obama become the first african american president of the United States of America. He was able to outsource his opponent in many states by 3 to 1 ratio even in some traditional republic states. Sadly, the republicans struggled to compete against such dynamic and powerful resources. Public financing and grassroots worked effectively for the Obama campaign.

Powerpoint is a relatively recent computer software. Schools across the United States and across the world are benefiting from the efficiency - time saver and highly structured information system - of powerpoint. Recently, over a year ago, I held my first powerpoint presentation for my senior seminar class. It was quick, easy, and fun. At my school, the instructors that I have had so far have used powerpoint because of its outcome - students tend to learn faster and better when instructors use powerpoint for their lectures. The software is definitely a great tool for teaching. Most students love it. This technology is a great creative teaching tool for any type of audience.

When president J. F. Kennedy dreamed about going to the moon, people did not understand him at first. Yet, he kept the dream alive. He made it part of his focus themes and the concept became a reality. A few scientists came together and used their imaginations, knowledge and skills to make president's Kennedy's dream become a reality. They created something that revolutionized science forever. They created a space shuttle. Today, astronauts use space shuttles to go to space to unveil mysteries and advance science.

Space shuttles helped astronauts create the international space station and unlock many other mysteries. Powerpoint is a computer software that allows instructors to help students learn faster, better, and quicker. Public financing and grassroots helped democrats win a relatively handy victory this year. In short, these are three possible examples of creative teaching tools that created success in our human society.

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