Reflection – Mind Mapping

Challenge & Selection

As a tutor, I give classes to kids in many disciplines. I recently realized my students were  frequently unmotivated to work due to the country’s situation. I kept feeling they were bored  and didn’t want to work as before and I realized I had to change something. So, I decided to  make some changes in the classroom we worked in, changes they will come up with using a  design thinking tool.

The tool I chose is mind mapping, which is a design tool used to look for patterns and insights in  a large quantity of data collected, here the kids’ interests. I chose mind mapping because I felt it  would be a way to let the kids express what they want to change in a creative and fun way.

Application

I first asked each one of my students to make a list of their interests, and what would make  them more concentrated, motivated and what drives them to reach their goals. I gathered the  lists, did my own research about it and took everything in common between my students to  expose it to them. The next day, I asked them to take a look at the list I made and told them to  sit in teams of three and choose the ideas they thought would be good to have in the classroom  and think how we could use them so they can become more motivated and work harder. I  passed on each team, discussed their ideas and helped them develop them. When all the teams  were done, we exposed the ideas to the classroom from which they chose the ones they  thought would be more helping to them, like decorating the classroom in certain ways, using  other learning techniques…

Insight & Approach

By applying the mind mapping tool, the students recognized what would make help them start  get over whatever what was happening in their lives and concentrate on their afterschool work.  I also got to improve my tutoring techniques by understanding more what the students like to  have while working and taking lessons.

In the next time I would have such a challenge, I would use the visualization tool since the most  important thing in design thinking is the shared insight and learning and it would help the  students use more techniques and develop them.


Reflection – Mind Mapping Challenge & Selection As a tutor , I give classes to kids in many disciplines . I recently realized my students were frequently unmotivated to work due to the country ’s situation . I kept feeling they were bored and did n’t want to work as before and I realized I had to change something . So , I decided to make some changes in the classroom we worked in , changes they will come up with using a design thinking tool . The tool I chose is mind mapping , which is a design tool used to look for patterns and insights in a large quantity of data collected , here the kids ’ interests . I chose mind mapping because I felt it would be a way to let the kids express what they want to change in a creative and fun way . Application I first asked each one of my students to make a list of their interests , and what would make them more concentrated , motivated and what drives them to reach their goals . I gathered the lists , did my own research about it and took everything in common between my students to expose it to them . The next day , I asked them to take a look at the list I made and told them to sit in teams of three and choose the ideas they thought would be good to have in the classroom and think how we could use them so they can become more motivated and work harder . I passed on each team , discussed their ideas and helped them develop them . When all the teams were done , we exposed the ideas to the classroom from which they chose the ones they thought would be more helping to them , like decorating the classroom in certain ways , using other learning techniques … Insight & Approach By applying the mind mapping tool , the students recognized what would make help them start get over whatever what was happening in their lives and concentrate on their afterschool work . I also got to improve my tutoring techniques by understanding more what the students like to have while working and taking lessons . In the next time I would have such a challenge , I would use the visualization tool since the most important thing in design thinking is the shared insight and learning and it would help the students use more techniques and develop them .