Reflection – Mind Mapping Tool 

 Challenge : 

 I have been working as an assistant professor in a school of industrial design in a   well known Indian design institute . As we all know integration of design and   technology is very important for a better product development .   My challenge was   to teach them various technologies which help student to convert their design   thinking into reality . As design students go through the entire design process from   ethnography , empathy to the prototyping and testing . During this entire process I   observed that , their major focus is on esthetics , styling and sketching , due to which   their prototypes or mockups did not have an essence of the end product ( or final   product which could be used ) . Lack of technical touch in the mockups creates   hypothetical image on a customer ( while learning launch ) . In a nut shell our   challenge is to provide technical knowledge to the design students . 

 Selection : 

 There were lots of ideas available to complete this challenge , but all the ideas were   scattered . Me and my some collogues had lots of brainstorming with directors and   some experts from management . Then I and one of my collogue suggested to apply   Mind mapping tool for this particular challenge . As Mind mapping ( or concept   mapping ) involves writing down a central idea and thinking up new and related   ideas which radiate out from the centre , we decided to apply it . I explained them   how Mind maps can help us in the early stages of our essay by summarizing our   research and providing us with a picture of all aspects of the question . We can then   move from our non - linear mind map to a more structured essay plan . 

 Application : 

 As our main challenge is to provide them technical education , we put this   challenge as a central idea . We focused on key ideas written down in our own   words , and then looking for branches out and connections between the ideas .   Figure 1 show the Mind Map , which we applied to our challenge . As we can see in   figure 1 that there are many sub ideas which are connected with one central   challenge e.g. “ Teaching technical education to the design students ” . The   central idea is connected with other possible ideas to overcome the challenge . 

 Figure 1 . Mind Mapping tool used for teaching Technology to the design Students 

 The other ideas are : 

 1 . Industrial Visits    2 . Seminars    3 . Workshops    4 . Setting a new science and technology lab   5 . Visits of technical   Exhibition    6 . Adding technical syllabus in their curriculum 

 The final outcome was to develop a small Mechatronics lab and including a small   part of a technical subject in all semesters . 

 Insight and Approach : 

 Mind mapping tool completely worked positively in our case . The final outcome is   applied successfully .   This tool not only helped us in finding the different ways but   also helped us in highlighting other possibilities . The open space of a mind map   could allow revisiting it in that first vital review after the session . It is in this first   review that I could highlight key areas , gaps in my understanding and list questions   that need to be addressed . 

 After successfully applying mind mapping , I would like to use a Learning Launch   tool . I would like to apply and test the outcomes of mind mapping on students .   After a small learning launch exercise we would be able to rectify some changes in   the plan and can apply it back . 

 Conclusion : 

 At the end of the Mind mapping tool , we could conclude the following things : 

 • Mind mapping tool works in both way : Convergent and Divergent    • It helps to generate more ideas   • It also highlight other possibilities    • It is intuitive process which mimics the way think 


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 Tool 

 Challenge : 

 I have been working as an assistant professor in a school of industrial design in a   well known Indian design institute . As we all know integration of design and   technology is very important for a better product development .   My challenge was   to teach them various technologies which help student to convert their design   thinking into reality . As design students go through the entire design process from   ethnography , empathy to the prototyping and testing . During this entire process I   observed that , their major focus is on esthetics , styling and sketching , due to which   their prototypes or mockups did not have an essence of the end product ( or final   product which could be used ) . Lack of technical touch in the mockups creates   hypothetical image on a customer ( while learning launch ) . In a nut shell our   challenge is to provide technical knowledge to the design students . 

 Selection : 

 There were lots of ideas available to complete this challenge , but all the ideas were   scattered . Me and my some collogues had lots of brainstorming with directors and   some experts from management . Then I and one of my collogue suggested to apply   Mind mapping tool for this particular challenge . As Mind mapping ( or concept   mapping ) involves writing down a central idea and thinking up new and related   ideas which radiate out from the centre , we decided to apply it . I explained them   how Mind maps can help us in the early stages of our essay by summarizing our   research and providing us with a picture of all aspects of the question . We can then   move from our non - linear mind map to a more structured essay plan . 

 Application : 

 As our main challenge is to provide them technical education , we put this   challenge as a central idea . We focused on key ideas written down in our own   words , and then looking for branches out and connections between the ideas .   Figure 1 show the Mind Map , which we applied to our challenge . As we can see in   figure 1 that there are many sub ideas which are connected with one central   challenge e.g. “ Teaching technical education to the design students ” . The   central idea is connected with other possible ideas to overcome the challenge . 

 Figure 1 . Mind Mapping tool used for teaching Technology to the design Students 

 The other ideas are : 

 1 . Industrial Visits    2 . Seminars    3 . Workshops    4 . Setting a new science and technology lab   5 . Visits of technical   Exhibition    6 . Adding technical syllabus in their curriculum 

 The final outcome was to develop a small Mechatronics lab and including a small   part of a technical subject in all semesters . 

 Insight and Approach : 

 Mind mapping tool completely worked positively in our case . The final outcome is   applied successfully .   This tool not only helped us in finding the different ways but   also helped us in highlighting other possibilities . The open space of a mind map   could allow revisiting it in that first vital review after the session . It is in this first   review that I could highlight key areas , gaps in my understanding and list questions   that need to be addressed . 

 After successfully applying mind mapping , I would like to use a Learning Launch   tool . I would like to apply and test the outcomes of mind mapping on students .   After a small learning launch exercise we would be able to rectify some changes in   the plan and can apply it back . 

 Conclusion : 

 At the end of the Mind mapping tool , we could conclude the following things : 

 • Mind mapping tool works in both way : Convergent and Divergent    • It helps to generate more ideas   • It also highlight other possibilities    • It is intuitive process which mimics the way think
### Output: 