Mind - Mapping 

 Challenge : 

 As a first - year college student ( studying architecture ) , when the coronavirus pandemic hit , we were 

 all forced to relocate and shift back home mid - semester . As a part of one of the courses I was 

 enrolled in , we were trying to study the built environment of our workspaces- both in the college 

 studio , as well as the space we were utilising back at home . The challenge was to identify the 

 tangible factors of our surroundings , which determined our experiences of it . 

 Selection : 

 The tool I used for this exercise was the mind mapping tool , which we had explored in Module 3 

 of the course ‘ Design Thinking for Innovation . ’ The reason I chose to use this particular tool is 

 because of the flexibility it provides , when it comes to the direction , I wish to take my thought 

 process in . And along with flexibility , it also allows for structure . This allows any reader , including 

 myself , who refers to the map in the future to trace how I arrived at one conclusion or answer , 

 from the previous one . 

 Application : 

 I started off with a central question , one of how I worked , and branched into further questions , 

 all related to the materials and objects I was surrounded by . I linked each node to another using 

 questions . The broader questions I asked had two separate answers , one for the college setting and 

 one for the house . I do believe that the questions act as a nice intermediary between two nodes to 

 allow for a seamless transition from one point to another . However , I realise that from just looking 

 at the map , a reader will not be able to determine which point is for which of the 2 settings . 

 Insight : 

 Initially , I was convinced it was only the immediate spaces that I was in contact with which 

 determined my workflow . But through this exercise , I realised the effects that the built 

 environment we are surrounded by has on our everyday routines . 

 I also realise that mind mapping , as a design tool , will always prove to be difficult for someone to 

 read once the process is over . The reason for this is no matter how logical the processes and flows 

 seem to be when one is making them , by them end , the amount of data on the page is simply so 

 large that it becomes difficult to know where to start from . 

 Approach : 

 For similar exercises , in which one is required to study their surroundings with some level of detail , 

 I think I will apply the mind mapping tool again . However , I will try to make it a little cleaner than 

 the current version . I will also try to highlight the points which would be the most important 

 finding , keeping in mind the brief for the exercise . These 2 strategies will help make the reading of 

 the map after the process is over much simpler and will bring to the fore the key findings of the 

 process . 


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 

 Challenge : 

 As a first - year college student ( studying architecture ) , when the coronavirus pandemic hit , we were 

 all forced to relocate and shift back home mid - semester . As a part of one of the courses I was 

 enrolled in , we were trying to study the built environment of our workspaces- both in the college 

 studio , as well as the space we were utilising back at home . The challenge was to identify the 

 tangible factors of our surroundings , which determined our experiences of it . 

 Selection : 

 The tool I used for this exercise was the mind mapping tool , which we had explored in Module 3 

 of the course ‘ Design Thinking for Innovation . ’ The reason I chose to use this particular tool is 

 because of the flexibility it provides , when it comes to the direction , I wish to take my thought 

 process in . And along with flexibility , it also allows for structure . This allows any reader , including 

 myself , who refers to the map in the future to trace how I arrived at one conclusion or answer , 

 from the previous one . 

 Application : 

 I started off with a central question , one of how I worked , and branched into further questions , 

 all related to the materials and objects I was surrounded by . I linked each node to another using 

 questions . The broader questions I asked had two separate answers , one for the college setting and 

 one for the house . I do believe that the questions act as a nice intermediary between two nodes to 

 allow for a seamless transition from one point to another . However , I realise that from just looking 

 at the map , a reader will not be able to determine which point is for which of the 2 settings . 

 Insight : 

 Initially , I was convinced it was only the immediate spaces that I was in contact with which 

 determined my workflow . But through this exercise , I realised the effects that the built 

 environment we are surrounded by has on our everyday routines . 

 I also realise that mind mapping , as a design tool , will always prove to be difficult for someone to 

 read once the process is over . The reason for this is no matter how logical the processes and flows 

 seem to be when one is making them , by them end , the amount of data on the page is simply so 

 large that it becomes difficult to know where to start from . 

 Approach : 

 For similar exercises , in which one is required to study their surroundings with some level of detail , 

 I think I will apply the mind mapping tool again . However , I will try to make it a little cleaner than 

 the current version . I will also try to highlight the points which would be the most important 

 finding , keeping in mind the brief for the exercise . These 2 strategies will help make the reading of 

 the map after the process is over much simpler and will bring to the fore the key findings of the 

 process .
### Output: 