Reflection , Design Thinking for Innovation : 

 Challenge & Selection     I have found that a bunch of words does n’t always convey the full idea or concept I ’m   explaining . My mind running 100 mph while the listener has n’t quite grasped the main idea . But   a picture is truly worth a thousand eloquent and clear words . I found this to be true one day   when I went to speak to a career counselor at my university . I had big ideas about ways I   wanted to get involved , but it was an overwhelming amount to explain to someone . Luckily , I   used the visualization tool to graphically organize my ideas and categorize all that I wanted to   do in my three years on campus .     Application     One afternoon back in November I sought out a career counselor at my university . I was new to   campus , having recently transferred schools , and I was lost in the Olympic sized swimming pool   of options .   There was a club for everything under the sun and I had no idea where to begin . I   had a general idea of some things that had piqued my interest and categorized them into what I   then thought I had coined as my own term , a ‘ mind map ’ . Since going through this class , I have   learned a mind map is a real , and already invented thing , and it is slightly different than what I   did at the time . Yet , what I had created still was a form of visualization . With a bubble filled in   the with word “ organizations ” at the center , followed by arrows that led to a second layer   which was a bubble with category titles , and a third layer of arrows that broke off into the tittle   of the organization itself . Ironically enough , the student career coach I spoke to on that day was   the very person who introduced me to design thinking . When I opened my iPad to show her my   creation and try to explain what exactly it was , she asked me if I had ever heard of design   thinking because it looked like something I ’d naturally like . Two take - aways , first I started to dig   into design thinking at any opportunity I could after that conversation , and second , I felt that   she easily understood my idea because of the way it was visualized on the screen . Even if my   words failed to elaborate the entirety of my thoughts and interests , my visualization met me   more than halfway and did the rest .      Insights & Approach     This retrospective use of visualization allowed me to see just how clear visualizations can make   ideas before I had the opportunity to formally learned about them and their power in a chapter   in this class . I could tell how much easier it was to explain a wide breadth of things to someone   relatively quickly by being able to show them instead of merely trying to explain with words   alone . Design thinking sounded somewhat elusive before I started to learn more about it . When   I first heard of design thinking , I did n’t know it had been around so long , I was n’t quite sure of   all that it encompassed , nor did I know that it really does have a concrete methodology . Now   learning and using the process , I feel a lot more confident using it . Additionally , sometimes the   entire process is n’t required , which means when I run into trying to explain all the clubs I want   to investigate joining , I can pull one design thinking tool out of my toolbox and use it . Design   thinking is flexible . It ’s a mindset that allows you to restructure an entire business or explain 

 one idea . I like having the option to pick and choose how I use it and to now know all of the   tools that are in my design thinking toolbox . Design thinking is no longer elusive , now it is   something I can implement in my daily life to be a better thinker and explainer .      I have enjoyed looking back at experiences I ’ve had and now seeing and realizing there have   been places where I ’ve been implementing some of these tools all along . Now that I know more   depth about them , I can hone each tool , like visualization , to make sure that the experience for   the person on the receiving side is crystal clear . The scenario I described was a perfect fit for a   casual visualization . When I ’m presenting to a different audience , perhaps something at work , I   would make my visualization larger and obviously more polished looking . It ’s all about the   circumstances and what is most appropriate then and there . 


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 , Design Thinking for Innovation : 

 Challenge & Selection     I have found that a bunch of words does n’t always convey the full idea or concept I ’m   explaining . My mind running 100 mph while the listener has n’t quite grasped the main idea . But   a picture is truly worth a thousand eloquent and clear words . I found this to be true one day   when I went to speak to a career counselor at my university . I had big ideas about ways I   wanted to get involved , but it was an overwhelming amount to explain to someone . Luckily , I   used the visualization tool to graphically organize my ideas and categorize all that I wanted to   do in my three years on campus .     Application     One afternoon back in November I sought out a career counselor at my university . I was new to   campus , having recently transferred schools , and I was lost in the Olympic sized swimming pool   of options .   There was a club for everything under the sun and I had no idea where to begin . I   had a general idea of some things that had piqued my interest and categorized them into what I   then thought I had coined as my own term , a ‘ mind map ’ . Since going through this class , I have   learned a mind map is a real , and already invented thing , and it is slightly different than what I   did at the time . Yet , what I had created still was a form of visualization . With a bubble filled in   the with word “ organizations ” at the center , followed by arrows that led to a second layer   which was a bubble with category titles , and a third layer of arrows that broke off into the tittle   of the organization itself . Ironically enough , the student career coach I spoke to on that day was   the very person who introduced me to design thinking . When I opened my iPad to show her my   creation and try to explain what exactly it was , she asked me if I had ever heard of design   thinking because it looked like something I ’d naturally like . Two take - aways , first I started to dig   into design thinking at any opportunity I could after that conversation , and second , I felt that   she easily understood my idea because of the way it was visualized on the screen . Even if my   words failed to elaborate the entirety of my thoughts and interests , my visualization met me   more than halfway and did the rest .      Insights & Approach     This retrospective use of visualization allowed me to see just how clear visualizations can make   ideas before I had the opportunity to formally learned about them and their power in a chapter   in this class . I could tell how much easier it was to explain a wide breadth of things to someone   relatively quickly by being able to show them instead of merely trying to explain with words   alone . Design thinking sounded somewhat elusive before I started to learn more about it . When   I first heard of design thinking , I did n’t know it had been around so long , I was n’t quite sure of   all that it encompassed , nor did I know that it really does have a concrete methodology . Now   learning and using the process , I feel a lot more confident using it . Additionally , sometimes the   entire process is n’t required , which means when I run into trying to explain all the clubs I want   to investigate joining , I can pull one design thinking tool out of my toolbox and use it . Design   thinking is flexible . It ’s a mindset that allows you to restructure an entire business or explain 

 one idea . I like having the option to pick and choose how I use it and to now know all of the   tools that are in my design thinking toolbox . Design thinking is no longer elusive , now it is   something I can implement in my daily life to be a better thinker and explainer .      I have enjoyed looking back at experiences I ’ve had and now seeing and realizing there have   been places where I ’ve been implementing some of these tools all along . Now that I know more   depth about them , I can hone each tool , like visualization , to make sure that the experience for   the person on the receiving side is crystal clear . The scenario I described was a perfect fit for a   casual visualization . When I ’m presenting to a different audience , perhaps something at work , I   would make my visualization larger and obviously more polished looking . It ’s all about the   circumstances and what is most appropriate then and there .
### Output: 