Example Reflection – Mind mapping 

 Challenge 

 Last year I was a member of the coordination team of a project that developed a   participatory process for the regeneration of a derelict public space . The project ’s   coordination team consisted of architects , urban planners , designers , cultural   managers and lawyers . The project ’s goals were both to develop a prototype process   which then could be also used as a guide in similar projects , but also to produce   strategies and design proposals for the square . We first needed to understand the   area surrounding the square , and therefore , we started the process by collecting data   about it . On a second step , we wanted to get people involved in the identification of   the most important elements of the collected data . 

 Selection 

 The collected data consisted of a lot of information that we could present to the   community we would like to engage , but we understood that we should do it in a   way that is simple to understand , inspiring and engaging . Therefore we chose mind   mapping , as a tool that allows creativity and free thinking , but that can also result in   concrete statements about what the next steps of the process would be . 

 Application 

 As said above , first we collected data about the square . That is data about the people   who live and work around and people that actually use the square , the connections   to surrounding area ; data about the existing uses of the square , as well as its   historical context . Then , we organized a workshop , where we invited locals and   presented to them the data we collected . We used simple visualization techniques to   make the presentation more vivid , like old photographs , maps , charts etc . 

 After the presentation of this information to the participants , we asked them to just   think about the information and their experiences in order to identify the most   important data that should be used for the shaping of the proposal for the square .   We , thus , made questions like : Was anything of what was presented a huge problem   for the square that we should try to resolve ? Or , on the contrary , was there any good   characteristic that we should definitely keep and highlight it , through the   regeneration ? Then , they were asked to write possible answers on post - its . These   answers were then presented and put on a board by the participants themselves ,   under thematics - categories that they created . At the last part of the workshop ,   people were asked to “ transform ” these thematics into design criteria , that is into   design solutions that the regeneration of the square should include . 

 Insight and Approach 

 The implementation of mind mapping tool in this case seemed to work well , since it   provided a lot of answers , based both on the information given or other sources , like   personal experiences . People recalled experiences and related it to the data , like for 

 example the relation among the traffic and the noise . What I noticed , was that the   tool would function better to smaller groups , because at the beginning not everyone   seemed to feel comfortable enough to express himself / herself in public . Moreover ,   the mind map tool helps a lot to “ open the discussion ” , but a longer and deeper   process is needed in order to reach to design criteria about the square . Despite a lot   of clear design criteria arose from the workshop , a longer discussion would have   been more productive and would have helped to make connections among the   results or even produce more . 


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: Example Reflection – Mind mapping 

 Challenge 

 Last year I was a member of the coordination team of a project that developed a   participatory process for the regeneration of a derelict public space . The project ’s   coordination team consisted of architects , urban planners , designers , cultural   managers and lawyers . The project ’s goals were both to develop a prototype process   which then could be also used as a guide in similar projects , but also to produce   strategies and design proposals for the square . We first needed to understand the   area surrounding the square , and therefore , we started the process by collecting data   about it . On a second step , we wanted to get people involved in the identification of   the most important elements of the collected data . 

 Selection 

 The collected data consisted of a lot of information that we could present to the   community we would like to engage , but we understood that we should do it in a   way that is simple to understand , inspiring and engaging . Therefore we chose mind   mapping , as a tool that allows creativity and free thinking , but that can also result in   concrete statements about what the next steps of the process would be . 

 Application 

 As said above , first we collected data about the square . That is data about the people   who live and work around and people that actually use the square , the connections   to surrounding area ; data about the existing uses of the square , as well as its   historical context . Then , we organized a workshop , where we invited locals and   presented to them the data we collected . We used simple visualization techniques to   make the presentation more vivid , like old photographs , maps , charts etc . 

 After the presentation of this information to the participants , we asked them to just   think about the information and their experiences in order to identify the most   important data that should be used for the shaping of the proposal for the square .   We , thus , made questions like : Was anything of what was presented a huge problem   for the square that we should try to resolve ? Or , on the contrary , was there any good   characteristic that we should definitely keep and highlight it , through the   regeneration ? Then , they were asked to write possible answers on post - its . These   answers were then presented and put on a board by the participants themselves ,   under thematics - categories that they created . At the last part of the workshop ,   people were asked to “ transform ” these thematics into design criteria , that is into   design solutions that the regeneration of the square should include . 

 Insight and Approach 

 The implementation of mind mapping tool in this case seemed to work well , since it   provided a lot of answers , based both on the information given or other sources , like   personal experiences . People recalled experiences and related it to the data , like for 

 example the relation among the traffic and the noise . What I noticed , was that the   tool would function better to smaller groups , because at the beginning not everyone   seemed to feel comfortable enough to express himself / herself in public . Moreover ,   the mind map tool helps a lot to “ open the discussion ” , but a longer and deeper   process is needed in order to reach to design criteria about the square . Despite a lot   of clear design criteria arose from the workshop , a longer discussion would have   been more productive and would have helped to make connections among the   results or even produce more .
### Output: 