Challenge and Selection   I am a kindergarten teacher who mainly teaches 2 - 3 year old students . I encountered 

 various difficulties having a productive class during this pandemic . Since all the 

 kindergartens were closed from February , we had to figure out a new way to ensure 

 all the students are able to learn new things constantly . We decided to adopt the 

 online class approach just like most of the school did . However , children at this age 

 could hardly concentrate for a long period of time , let alone asking them to sit in front 

 of a laptop and have an online class everyday . As a result , the students could be 

 talking at the same time , or they might even walk away from their computers . I find 

 this method to be comparatively less suitable and teachers would have no idea how 

 much knowledge the students were receiving or if they even paid any attention 

 during the online class .      So later I discovered a design thinking tool , Visualization , to achieve a better 

 outcome during this period of time . It is because when young kids are asked to be 

 seated for a certain period of time , they would soon be distracted by other things in 

 the surroundings . Therefore , they might lose interest to the class easily . By showing 

 the teaching materials in their face , and letting the students hold the same props as 

 the teachers do could arouse their interest better , and hopefully I could conduct a 

 more productive class .      Application   Because I often use different props when having a lesson with children . For 

 example , I use little puppets when telling stories , or I would prepare a solar system 

 model when showing them how the planets move in their orbits . So for the next 

 week , I asked the parents to come pick up materials for online classes , those 

 materials included pieces of paper and styrofoam models of different shapes . During 

 the class , I asked the children to observe and examine the models , then explain to 

 me the difference between them . Finally , I asked them to cut out their favorite 

 shapes from the paper provided . Since the class required more interaction , and the 

 children got to have a closer look at the shapes , they showed more enthusiasm 

 towards my class , and responded more proactively .      Insight and Approach   Later when classes resumed back to normal , I asked them whether they still 

 remember the shapes that I taught them , most of them said they still keep those 

 styrofoam models at home and will play with it from time to time . This made me 

 realize that visualization is a really effective tool , when it comes to preschool 

 children . It was obvious that they were more focused when I introduced abstract 

 concepts to them , such as shapes , opposites , and numbers . As a result , it helps 

 reinforce their memory and even parents give positive comments .      In the future , I would continuously use visualization as a tool to help carry out my 

 classes . I found out that we can not just simply follow others ’ footsteps and just 

 conduct online classes . Instead , adopting an appropriate design thinking approach 

 could lead to a much better result . 


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: Challenge and Selection   I am a kindergarten teacher who mainly teaches 2 - 3 year old students . I encountered 

 various difficulties having a productive class during this pandemic . Since all the 

 kindergartens were closed from February , we had to figure out a new way to ensure 

 all the students are able to learn new things constantly . We decided to adopt the 

 online class approach just like most of the school did . However , children at this age 

 could hardly concentrate for a long period of time , let alone asking them to sit in front 

 of a laptop and have an online class everyday . As a result , the students could be 

 talking at the same time , or they might even walk away from their computers . I find 

 this method to be comparatively less suitable and teachers would have no idea how 

 much knowledge the students were receiving or if they even paid any attention 

 during the online class .      So later I discovered a design thinking tool , Visualization , to achieve a better 

 outcome during this period of time . It is because when young kids are asked to be 

 seated for a certain period of time , they would soon be distracted by other things in 

 the surroundings . Therefore , they might lose interest to the class easily . By showing 

 the teaching materials in their face , and letting the students hold the same props as 

 the teachers do could arouse their interest better , and hopefully I could conduct a 

 more productive class .      Application   Because I often use different props when having a lesson with children . For 

 example , I use little puppets when telling stories , or I would prepare a solar system 

 model when showing them how the planets move in their orbits . So for the next 

 week , I asked the parents to come pick up materials for online classes , those 

 materials included pieces of paper and styrofoam models of different shapes . During 

 the class , I asked the children to observe and examine the models , then explain to 

 me the difference between them . Finally , I asked them to cut out their favorite 

 shapes from the paper provided . Since the class required more interaction , and the 

 children got to have a closer look at the shapes , they showed more enthusiasm 

 towards my class , and responded more proactively .      Insight and Approach   Later when classes resumed back to normal , I asked them whether they still 

 remember the shapes that I taught them , most of them said they still keep those 

 styrofoam models at home and will play with it from time to time . This made me 

 realize that visualization is a really effective tool , when it comes to preschool 

 children . It was obvious that they were more focused when I introduced abstract 

 concepts to them , such as shapes , opposites , and numbers . As a result , it helps 

 reinforce their memory and even parents give positive comments .      In the future , I would continuously use visualization as a tool to help carry out my 

 classes . I found out that we can not just simply follow others ’ footsteps and just 

 conduct online classes . Instead , adopting an appropriate design thinking approach 

 could lead to a much better result .
### Output: 