Example Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge 

 Recently I have participated in a project competition organized by my university . It is an   annual competition for students where they apply their project plans , then people vote for   best projects and winners get financial support from the university for the actual   implementation of these projects . I was a leader of a team of six members . We needed to   create a volunteer project that , on the one hand , would be a solution to some socially   important issue . On the other hand , it must promote the university ’s reputation .    Before brainstorming , we had already made a survey of students at my university . In   addition , we looked through all projects of the previous years and the ideas that were   behind them . Therefore , the challenge was that we had quite a lot of data that needed to be   systemized somehow in order to find the best idea for our project . 

 Selection 

 To get to the “ What if ” phase I have decided to try one of the suggested tools . My choice   was the mind - mapping tool as it was a problem of dealing with all the data we had   collected . As I see it , mind mapping is a universal tool to distill all the data that you have   into clear pieces of information that can be easily used . The application of this tool also   helps with the final idea generation : the result of mind - mapping process is design criteria ,   which are crucial for creating the “ product ” with necessary features . 

 Application 

 We made it differently than it was described in the lecture ( the “ art gallery ” or “ yard sale ”   formats ) , as our mind mapping was small - scale . Therefore , we just gathered all the data we   had in print in front of us on the desk , each of us chose what s / he considered important in   terms of our final idea and wrote down on stickers some thoughts about the data they   picked . Later we started making our mind map by placing stickers on the board and adding   other relevant stickers creating clusters . Each cluster represented a particular topic and was   named accordingly . As a result , we got a list of design criteria ( e.g. free activity ; placed in   the main university building ; concerns career issues ) , which consequently helped us to   choose our final idea . 

 Insight 

 By applying this tool we were able to process and systemize the data in a faster and more   effective way than if we had used lists - making , ranging etc . In addition , the application of   mind mapping allowed us to take into account opinions of every member of our team .   The main result was that in the end we found the most suitable idea and applied for the   competition . This practical experience showed me that design thinking is not always   connected to pure talent of creativity , but can be also taught and developed . Certain results   can be achieved by implementing particular techniques . 

 Approach 

 I think that later on , while applying design thinking to solve some problems , I will try to   combine different tools for more efficiency . Speaking about the project I described , we 

 could have used the combination of the visualization and mind - mapping tools .   Visualization would have helped with better common understanding of our views . The   other issue I would like to mention is that members of my team had the same backgrounds   ( students of the same faculty ; more or less the same working experience etc . ) which   resulted in similarity of our approaches towards finding the most appropriate data and in   explanations . In order to avoid such problem , it is necessary to involve members from   different fields into the mind - mapping process , if possible . 


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 

 Recently I have participated in a project competition organized by my university . It is an   annual competition for students where they apply their project plans , then people vote for   best projects and winners get financial support from the university for the actual   implementation of these projects . I was a leader of a team of six members . We needed to   create a volunteer project that , on the one hand , would be a solution to some socially   important issue . On the other hand , it must promote the university ’s reputation .    Before brainstorming , we had already made a survey of students at my university . In   addition , we looked through all projects of the previous years and the ideas that were   behind them . Therefore , the challenge was that we had quite a lot of data that needed to be   systemized somehow in order to find the best idea for our project . 

 Selection 

 To get to the “ What if ” phase I have decided to try one of the suggested tools . My choice   was the mind - mapping tool as it was a problem of dealing with all the data we had   collected . As I see it , mind mapping is a universal tool to distill all the data that you have   into clear pieces of information that can be easily used . The application of this tool also   helps with the final idea generation : the result of mind - mapping process is design criteria ,   which are crucial for creating the “ product ” with necessary features . 

 Application 

 We made it differently than it was described in the lecture ( the “ art gallery ” or “ yard sale ”   formats ) , as our mind mapping was small - scale . Therefore , we just gathered all the data we   had in print in front of us on the desk , each of us chose what s / he considered important in   terms of our final idea and wrote down on stickers some thoughts about the data they   picked . Later we started making our mind map by placing stickers on the board and adding   other relevant stickers creating clusters . Each cluster represented a particular topic and was   named accordingly . As a result , we got a list of design criteria ( e.g. free activity ; placed in   the main university building ; concerns career issues ) , which consequently helped us to   choose our final idea . 

 Insight 

 By applying this tool we were able to process and systemize the data in a faster and more   effective way than if we had used lists - making , ranging etc . In addition , the application of   mind mapping allowed us to take into account opinions of every member of our team .   The main result was that in the end we found the most suitable idea and applied for the   competition . This practical experience showed me that design thinking is not always   connected to pure talent of creativity , but can be also taught and developed . Certain results   can be achieved by implementing particular techniques . 

 Approach 

 I think that later on , while applying design thinking to solve some problems , I will try to   combine different tools for more efficiency . Speaking about the project I described , we 

 could have used the combination of the visualization and mind - mapping tools .   Visualization would have helped with better common understanding of our views . The   other issue I would like to mention is that members of my team had the same backgrounds   ( students of the same faculty ; more or less the same working experience etc . ) which   resulted in similarity of our approaches towards finding the most appropriate data and in   explanations . In order to avoid such problem , it is necessary to involve members from   different fields into the mind - mapping process , if possible .
### Output: 