Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge : 

 I am in third year of Bachelor ’s degree and for the final grade we had to make a Presentation on any   topic assigned to us by our teacher . We were divided into groups and the topic given to us was   environmental pollution . Our teacher the instructed us on what aspects we will be marked on like   the informativeness of it , time limit , etc . out of which a key element was holding the attention of the   class . Also , we were specify given a topic that has been done over and over again so that we also be   judged on uniqueness of how we present our topic . 

 We knew right of the bat that grabbing attention of final year students on a topic they are already   aware about will be very challenging and we will have to bring something new to the table . 

 Selection : 

 My group sat down to discuss on how to go about the presentation after going around when my   turn came , I explained about Storytelling tool and how we can use a narrative to present . We can   weave a story around the problem and with help of it we go ahead covering all the points we have   to . It was then mutually agreed on that using this we will be able to hold attention of the class and   also cover everything asked by out teacher . 

 Application : 

 Before we got started , we made sure that everyone was on the same and understood what   storytelling and narration is and how are we going to merge this tool in our presentation . We first   started with researching and gathering all the material that we need on the topic which took a lot of   time . With all the information now available to use we had to come up with a story that could be   built around it . 

 We looking into how narratives / stories are , a story always has a beginning , middle and an end . As   we started to bring together ideas and stories , we noticed that we ca n’t actually make a story that   has a legit climax but we still have the exposition , and a conflict and rising action . For climax and   resolution , we thought it was better to keep it loose ended and follow up with the solutions and   reforms that can be done to prevent and stop Environmental Pollution . 

 On the day of presentation , we started of with the introductions , definitions and laws pertaining to   our topic . After that , we started with our story of a little boy and his daily life . The boy lived near a   small hill and how he used to always go on hikes . As the boy grew up his small town grew too with   offices and different businesses and factories and how he noticed the changes and pollutants along   his usual hike trails and investigated them . Similarly , he ponders as how when he was little him and   his friends used to drink water straight from the tap without and worry and now almost all of the   houses have and use a water purifier . With every point of his discovery we followed it up with actual   real - life stories and statistics that held a shock value to the audience because they were just   following a little story and was n’t expecting to be hit by a hard fact . It is what also helped us hold the   attention of the audience while making an impact as well . 

 By the end of it we quickly presented on how the things our protagonist face could have been   prevented by making an intervention in time and by having laws in place . We also covered on how   we as people can make a change by being more responsible and by holding people accountable . 

 Insight : 

 Usually when we are making a presentation for the class , we used to just worry about how many   slides we had to make and get done with our part . Nor the audience or the person presenting   seemed to just do it because they had to , it was just done under an obligation and it shows . When   we were given the challenge to make the presentation interesting , we picked on the Storytelling   tool . 

 While we prepared out presentation , we ourselves were moved with the approach and our goal   shifted from getting grades to actually making an impact on people present there . And I realised it   was because of the tool we chose , we looked up so many real - life stories and hard facts to build our   story around that it actual impacted us and made us more passionate about the topic itself which   was something I never expected . 

 Approach : 

 I still feel that the tool we chose was perfect and we also borrowed from the Visualization tool a lot   while presenting statistics and facts . What I feel we could have and will do differently in the future is   start with my story without wasting too much time on definitions and details that we could have   included in the story telling . Also , I felt our story was still jejune which will require some work as it   was just our first time attempting to do anything like it but , it was a success for sure that we know of   well with the response we got . 


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 – Storytelling 

 Challenge : 

 I am in third year of Bachelor ’s degree and for the final grade we had to make a Presentation on any   topic assigned to us by our teacher . We were divided into groups and the topic given to us was   environmental pollution . Our teacher the instructed us on what aspects we will be marked on like   the informativeness of it , time limit , etc . out of which a key element was holding the attention of the   class . Also , we were specify given a topic that has been done over and over again so that we also be   judged on uniqueness of how we present our topic . 

 We knew right of the bat that grabbing attention of final year students on a topic they are already   aware about will be very challenging and we will have to bring something new to the table . 

 Selection : 

 My group sat down to discuss on how to go about the presentation after going around when my   turn came , I explained about Storytelling tool and how we can use a narrative to present . We can   weave a story around the problem and with help of it we go ahead covering all the points we have   to . It was then mutually agreed on that using this we will be able to hold attention of the class and   also cover everything asked by out teacher . 

 Application : 

 Before we got started , we made sure that everyone was on the same and understood what   storytelling and narration is and how are we going to merge this tool in our presentation . We first   started with researching and gathering all the material that we need on the topic which took a lot of   time . With all the information now available to use we had to come up with a story that could be   built around it . 

 We looking into how narratives / stories are , a story always has a beginning , middle and an end . As   we started to bring together ideas and stories , we noticed that we ca n’t actually make a story that   has a legit climax but we still have the exposition , and a conflict and rising action . For climax and   resolution , we thought it was better to keep it loose ended and follow up with the solutions and   reforms that can be done to prevent and stop Environmental Pollution . 

 On the day of presentation , we started of with the introductions , definitions and laws pertaining to   our topic . After that , we started with our story of a little boy and his daily life . The boy lived near a   small hill and how he used to always go on hikes . As the boy grew up his small town grew too with   offices and different businesses and factories and how he noticed the changes and pollutants along   his usual hike trails and investigated them . Similarly , he ponders as how when he was little him and   his friends used to drink water straight from the tap without and worry and now almost all of the   houses have and use a water purifier . With every point of his discovery we followed it up with actual   real - life stories and statistics that held a shock value to the audience because they were just   following a little story and was n’t expecting to be hit by a hard fact . It is what also helped us hold the   attention of the audience while making an impact as well . 

 By the end of it we quickly presented on how the things our protagonist face could have been   prevented by making an intervention in time and by having laws in place . We also covered on how   we as people can make a change by being more responsible and by holding people accountable . 

 Insight : 

 Usually when we are making a presentation for the class , we used to just worry about how many   slides we had to make and get done with our part . Nor the audience or the person presenting   seemed to just do it because they had to , it was just done under an obligation and it shows . When   we were given the challenge to make the presentation interesting , we picked on the Storytelling   tool . 

 While we prepared out presentation , we ourselves were moved with the approach and our goal   shifted from getting grades to actually making an impact on people present there . And I realised it   was because of the tool we chose , we looked up so many real - life stories and hard facts to build our   story around that it actual impacted us and made us more passionate about the topic itself which   was something I never expected . 

 Approach : 

 I still feel that the tool we chose was perfect and we also borrowed from the Visualization tool a lot   while presenting statistics and facts . What I feel we could have and will do differently in the future is   start with my story without wasting too much time on definitions and details that we could have   included in the story telling . Also , I felt our story was still jejune which will require some work as it   was just our first time attempting to do anything like it but , it was a success for sure that we know of   well with the response we got .
### Output: 