Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I study at the cooperative state university in Mannheim , Germany . We often have to work in   groups and sometimes , caused by the various types of personalities and specializations , the   group members have different perspectives and approaches to solve a problem . 

 Especially under time pressure it ’s necessary to quickly get a good overview about the   current situation and to highlight similarly the consensuses to have a solid fundament to   work on . The mind mapping tool does n’t require a lot of explanation because it works highly   intuitive . 

 Application 

 First , every single team member is asked to do a short brainstorm on a very creative and   individual way to think about the whole topic . After this , everyone asks himself the key   question “ what is “ , to think more concretely about the current circumstances and writes his   thoughts down on a “ post it ” notes .   While not telling the others about these to not   influence them . 

 Afterwards each member explains the notes they took to the group and put it on a large   wall . The ones which are similar to previous ones should not be explained again and just put   on the wall without comment . Clusters are to be formed ordered by the content of the   notes . 

 The “ post it ” notes with exceptional thoughts are also very important and should be put   next to the boarders of the clusters . 

 At least we search for a title which describes every cluster , write it on another “ post it ”   preferring a different color and put it next to the clusters . But before we continue with the   next phase , we have a short discussion about the result to concretize it further , inspire each   other and get new insights – sometimes there are new notes to be created . 

 Finally there is a representative and visual picture of the situation and this segues to the   second phase : the question “ what ’s possible ” . 

 Insight & Approach 

 From conducting this exercise I have learned that there is so much that has to follow after   the mind mapping tool . In the past we often stopped with the mind map and tried to build   over solution right on top of it . But now I know best practices to follow up in a productive   manner , this should lead to a much higher success rate . 

 I think mind mapping is a design thinking tool which fits very well for human - centered and   creative analytics . It is a bracing and inspiring method , so it can motivate teams to work on a   structured , targeted and concentric way , this leads to great solutions . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I study at the cooperative state university in Mannheim , Germany . We often have to work in   groups and sometimes , caused by the various types of personalities and specializations , the   group members have different perspectives and approaches to solve a problem . 

 Especially under time pressure it ’s necessary to quickly get a good overview about the   current situation and to highlight similarly the consensuses to have a solid fundament to   work on . The mind mapping tool does n’t require a lot of explanation because it works highly   intuitive . 

 Application 

 First , every single team member is asked to do a short brainstorm on a very creative and   individual way to think about the whole topic . After this , everyone asks himself the key   question “ what is “ , to think more concretely about the current circumstances and writes his   thoughts down on a “ post it ” notes .   While not telling the others about these to not   influence them . 

 Afterwards each member explains the notes they took to the group and put it on a large   wall . The ones which are similar to previous ones should not be explained again and just put   on the wall without comment . Clusters are to be formed ordered by the content of the   notes . 

 The “ post it ” notes with exceptional thoughts are also very important and should be put   next to the boarders of the clusters . 

 At least we search for a title which describes every cluster , write it on another “ post it ”   preferring a different color and put it next to the clusters . But before we continue with the   next phase , we have a short discussion about the result to concretize it further , inspire each   other and get new insights – sometimes there are new notes to be created . 

 Finally there is a representative and visual picture of the situation and this segues to the   second phase : the question “ what ’s possible ” . 

 Insight & Approach 

 From conducting this exercise I have learned that there is so much that has to follow after   the mind mapping tool . In the past we often stopped with the mind map and tried to build   over solution right on top of it . But now I know best practices to follow up in a productive   manner , this should lead to a much higher success rate . 

 I think mind mapping is a design thinking tool which fits very well for human - centered and   creative analytics . It is a bracing and inspiring method , so it can motivate teams to work on a   structured , targeted and concentric way , this leads to great solutions .
### Output: 