MIND MAPPING FOR CLASSROOM PEOJECT ON DISABILITY 

 CHALLENGE 

 I am pursuing my master ’s degree in design . In our course , we have a subject about social needs and   solutions . The subject spans for 5 weeks and its scope demands us to select a social issue and further   understand , investigate , study the history , the users , stakeholders , find gaps if any and suggest a   sustainable solution for the same . We have to work in a team of 2 . 

 In the first phase – ‘ What is ? ’ we started with the social issue as – the plight of disabled population   of the country . Further we have collected quantitative data about the various work done by the   government and private sector NGOs . We have conducted ethnographic interviews of users affected   by one or more disabilities and have visited hospitals and schools catering to the targeted users . We   have also maintained customer diaries and observed users as they went on with their daily lives by   passive observation techniques like fly on the wall and shadowing . Phase one has given us a huge   amount of data to be worked on . 

 The challenge is , to move on from ‘ What is ? ’ to ‘ What if ? ’ . In phase 2 – ‘ What if ? ’ we should be able   to filter out one important , impactful and achievable issue to work on during the 5 week fixed   timeline and propose a concept or solution for the selected issue . 

 SELECTION 

 The ‘ What if ? ’ phase fetched us varied data from different activities . We have to distil the data and   find meaningful observations and make decisions about selecting an issue to go ahead in the course .   Using mind mapping tool , we can categorise the vast data into various sections and subsections and   find the best fit issue on which we can work . 

 APPLICATION 

 As a first step towards building a mind map , we discussed the various information we had from   phase one . We collected all the information in one folder before we begin . We wrote down the   important keywords from the Interviews and findings on sticky notes . I have mentioned two of the   examples below : 

 User statement 1 : A user suffering from polio mentioned that ‘ many public places have slopes as   alternative to climb steps , but the grip of the railings used for support to climb up is not the best ’ . 

 Keyword : Grip Material for Railings 

 User statement 2 : A user suffering from partial Visual Impairment mentioned that ‘ the websites are   not accessible and my text to speech convertor does n’t recognize many web pages ’ 

 Keyword : Websites not Accessible 

 By the end of our reviewing the user interviews and quantitative data , we had many keywords with   us . Each keyword depicted an issue faced by the disabled population . 

 In the next step , we had to categorise the keywords in different groups and sub groups so that we   have a visual understanding of the entire scenario . We started putting the sticky notes with similar   properties together on a whiteboard until we had exhausted all the notes . At the end of this exercise   we had 8 major groups and they had subgroups . Further we included our peers and our professors in   our discussion , to find their inputs and feedback for the issues we had noted down and it became so   much simpler with the help of a mind map . We were able to explain the extensive research we   carried out in phase 1 through this one page summarized map and it was an instant win ! 

 INSIGHTS 

 The mind mapping technique here , helped us organizing the cluttered data into one single map , thus   giving us one page overview of the findings from phase 1 – ‘ What is ? ’   We further marked each of   the 8 issues with the priority level and impact it has and figured out that one of the issues , that of   ‘ Issuing a disability certificate ’ needed immediate attention . We decided on the issue we are going   to take forward and further investigated the same and found many gaps in the process of obtaining    the disability certificate . After much brainstorming and discussions , we proposed an improvement in   the current process by making the entire process digital and more structured . 

 * You can find the mind map at the end of this report . 

 APPROACH 

 Given that we were moving from ‘ what is ? ’ to ‘ what if ? ’ phase , to be able to manage the exhaustive   data we had collected by then , the mind mapping tool is the appropriate tool to be used here . This   gave us a summarized view of the data and also easier to convey to our peers and professors about   the research work to save time and get their feedback on the same . 


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: MIND MAPPING FOR CLASSROOM PEOJECT ON DISABILITY 

 CHALLENGE 

 I am pursuing my master ’s degree in design . In our course , we have a subject about social needs and   solutions . The subject spans for 5 weeks and its scope demands us to select a social issue and further   understand , investigate , study the history , the users , stakeholders , find gaps if any and suggest a   sustainable solution for the same . We have to work in a team of 2 . 

 In the first phase – ‘ What is ? ’ we started with the social issue as – the plight of disabled population   of the country . Further we have collected quantitative data about the various work done by the   government and private sector NGOs . We have conducted ethnographic interviews of users affected   by one or more disabilities and have visited hospitals and schools catering to the targeted users . We   have also maintained customer diaries and observed users as they went on with their daily lives by   passive observation techniques like fly on the wall and shadowing . Phase one has given us a huge   amount of data to be worked on . 

 The challenge is , to move on from ‘ What is ? ’ to ‘ What if ? ’ . In phase 2 – ‘ What if ? ’ we should be able   to filter out one important , impactful and achievable issue to work on during the 5 week fixed   timeline and propose a concept or solution for the selected issue . 

 SELECTION 

 The ‘ What if ? ’ phase fetched us varied data from different activities . We have to distil the data and   find meaningful observations and make decisions about selecting an issue to go ahead in the course .   Using mind mapping tool , we can categorise the vast data into various sections and subsections and   find the best fit issue on which we can work . 

 APPLICATION 

 As a first step towards building a mind map , we discussed the various information we had from   phase one . We collected all the information in one folder before we begin . We wrote down the   important keywords from the Interviews and findings on sticky notes . I have mentioned two of the   examples below : 

 User statement 1 : A user suffering from polio mentioned that ‘ many public places have slopes as   alternative to climb steps , but the grip of the railings used for support to climb up is not the best ’ . 

 Keyword : Grip Material for Railings 

 User statement 2 : A user suffering from partial Visual Impairment mentioned that ‘ the websites are   not accessible and my text to speech convertor does n’t recognize many web pages ’ 

 Keyword : Websites not Accessible 

 By the end of our reviewing the user interviews and quantitative data , we had many keywords with   us . Each keyword depicted an issue faced by the disabled population . 

 In the next step , we had to categorise the keywords in different groups and sub groups so that we   have a visual understanding of the entire scenario . We started putting the sticky notes with similar   properties together on a whiteboard until we had exhausted all the notes . At the end of this exercise   we had 8 major groups and they had subgroups . Further we included our peers and our professors in   our discussion , to find their inputs and feedback for the issues we had noted down and it became so   much simpler with the help of a mind map . We were able to explain the extensive research we   carried out in phase 1 through this one page summarized map and it was an instant win ! 

 INSIGHTS 

 The mind mapping technique here , helped us organizing the cluttered data into one single map , thus   giving us one page overview of the findings from phase 1 – ‘ What is ? ’   We further marked each of   the 8 issues with the priority level and impact it has and figured out that one of the issues , that of   ‘ Issuing a disability certificate ’ needed immediate attention . We decided on the issue we are going   to take forward and further investigated the same and found many gaps in the process of obtaining    the disability certificate . After much brainstorming and discussions , we proposed an improvement in   the current process by making the entire process digital and more structured . 

 * You can find the mind map at the end of this report . 

 APPROACH 

 Given that we were moving from ‘ what is ? ’ to ‘ what if ? ’ phase , to be able to manage the exhaustive   data we had collected by then , the mind mapping tool is the appropriate tool to be used here . This   gave us a summarized view of the data and also easier to convey to our peers and professors about   the research work to save time and get their feedback on the same .
### Output: 