Design Thinking for innovation final reflection 

 The Challenge : 

 The challenge I have currently been facing has been which graduate school and program   will be the best for me to apply to in the fall . I hold a BFA in Dramatic Arts and my   emphasis was costume design . I have designed shows professionally as an independent   artist , and have also designed and made boutique children ’s clothing . I never thought of   it this way , but realize much later that I have been a practicing entrepreneur for many   years . We are coming into an age where social , lifestyle , and arts entrepreneurial   businesses are thriving and it makes me so very excited . My plan is to combine my arts   background with entrepreneurship for researching and teaching . 

 The Selection : 

 As I reflected on the lectures and design tools , the Visualization Tool from the first   module struck the right chord with me . Brooks defined the tool as one that   “ makes the idea tangible and concrete , taking it beyond words along . ” I know that I am a   visual learner , and I absolutely like when things are tangible , so this seemed the perfect   tool to use . My goal was to get all the thoughts , research ideas , possible minors , and   pretty much everything that inspires me down on paper and try to steer it all into a   cohesive direction . 

 The Application : 

 I began by listing my repertoire . I chose to organize my talents and attributes into three   categories : Career , Personal , and Family . Seeing it down on paper affected me   profoundly . I come from an abusive childhood ( all types , unfortunately ) and self - esteem   has been something I struggle with even decades later . After the repertoire , I made out   ( lots ! ) of sticky notes with all of the things that stir me , that inspire creativity in me , and   that intrigue me about the fields of arts and business . Matching some of them up with   my repertoire brought the realization that I really did have tangible experience that I   could share , teach , and build upon . Finally , I took the “ anything ’s possible ” outlook and   narrowed the schools down to about 8 top choices . For each , I listed as many pro ’s and   con ’s as I could think of , and matched up my interests with each program ’s faculty   specialties and research . In the end , the University of Manchester looks like a clear winner . 

 The Insight : 

 The Design Thinking course has flexed my brain in so many ways . I am happy to look at   and approach problems in new ways . It would seem I took this course at just the right   time , for the tools feel like a cohesion that has brought my thoughts about graduate   school into focus . It also has opened up another interest for me that I would like to   pursue while in graduate school , and perhaps teach after graduate school . The   Visualization Tool felt like putting together a jigsaw puzzle that does n’t show you a   finished picture . I did n’t know what the picture would look like , I just knew I had all 

 these pieces and that they fit together somehow . Visualization gave me the finished   picture . 

 The Approach : 

 I do n’t think I would choose to use another tool for this particular challenge . It really felt   like the best fit for the project . If I repeated the process , I might organize it not by   school , but by academician and their respective fields , just to see the result that would   bring . In the end , however , it will come down to the fit of the faculty , the school itself ,   and the location . 


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: Design Thinking for innovation final reflection 

 The Challenge : 

 The challenge I have currently been facing has been which graduate school and program   will be the best for me to apply to in the fall . I hold a BFA in Dramatic Arts and my   emphasis was costume design . I have designed shows professionally as an independent   artist , and have also designed and made boutique children ’s clothing . I never thought of   it this way , but realize much later that I have been a practicing entrepreneur for many   years . We are coming into an age where social , lifestyle , and arts entrepreneurial   businesses are thriving and it makes me so very excited . My plan is to combine my arts   background with entrepreneurship for researching and teaching . 

 The Selection : 

 As I reflected on the lectures and design tools , the Visualization Tool from the first   module struck the right chord with me . Brooks defined the tool as one that   “ makes the idea tangible and concrete , taking it beyond words along . ” I know that I am a   visual learner , and I absolutely like when things are tangible , so this seemed the perfect   tool to use . My goal was to get all the thoughts , research ideas , possible minors , and   pretty much everything that inspires me down on paper and try to steer it all into a   cohesive direction . 

 The Application : 

 I began by listing my repertoire . I chose to organize my talents and attributes into three   categories : Career , Personal , and Family . Seeing it down on paper affected me   profoundly . I come from an abusive childhood ( all types , unfortunately ) and self - esteem   has been something I struggle with even decades later . After the repertoire , I made out   ( lots ! ) of sticky notes with all of the things that stir me , that inspire creativity in me , and   that intrigue me about the fields of arts and business . Matching some of them up with   my repertoire brought the realization that I really did have tangible experience that I   could share , teach , and build upon . Finally , I took the “ anything ’s possible ” outlook and   narrowed the schools down to about 8 top choices . For each , I listed as many pro ’s and   con ’s as I could think of , and matched up my interests with each program ’s faculty   specialties and research . In the end , the University of Manchester looks like a clear winner . 

 The Insight : 

 The Design Thinking course has flexed my brain in so many ways . I am happy to look at   and approach problems in new ways . It would seem I took this course at just the right   time , for the tools feel like a cohesion that has brought my thoughts about graduate   school into focus . It also has opened up another interest for me that I would like to   pursue while in graduate school , and perhaps teach after graduate school . The   Visualization Tool felt like putting together a jigsaw puzzle that does n’t show you a   finished picture . I did n’t know what the picture would look like , I just knew I had all 

 these pieces and that they fit together somehow . Visualization gave me the finished   picture . 

 The Approach : 

 I do n’t think I would choose to use another tool for this particular challenge . It really felt   like the best fit for the project . If I repeated the process , I might organize it not by   school , but by academician and their respective fields , just to see the result that would   bring . In the end , however , it will come down to the fit of the faculty , the school itself ,   and the location .
### Output: 