Genius Hour Post Week 6

Doucette, K. Oct 12, 2017. "Williams PSL."
Retrieved from own personal library

Hello all my fellow blog followers. So this will be the last post about my genius hour research into the pumpkin spice comparison. Williams used pumpkin in different drinks to really pump up new flavours for the fall drink. However, Williams just didn't have any baked goods to bring in some more of that pumpkin spice flavour. This may not be what all stores are like however the store that I went into didn't have any new flavours of baked goods. This latte was super sweet. There was lots of whipped cream :) which of course would make anyone happy but the coffee taste was lost. Just overwhelming sweetness overload. Williams does offer more than one or two sizes they go small, medium, and large when making their drink comparison. Williams did just seem to be the only company that did just a drink for the fall flavours that came out. It could be an advantage in a way because they came out with 7 new drinks but could also be a disadvantage because some people want a treat with their drink and usually will try whatever is new on the menu first before buying anything they have already tasted. 

The Pumpkin Spice Latte, Pumpkin Spiced Hot Chocolate, Hot Apple Cider, Sweet Chili Latte, London Fog, and Chai Tea Latte were all the same prices per size.

Small-4.00

Medium- 4.50

Large- 5.00

Pumpkin Chai Tea Latte 

Small-4.50

Medium-5.00

Large- 5.50

That's all for now folks come back to check out my ted talk as we discuss results of from genius hour project and how you can use this technique in your classroom to help bring our that digital, experimental, fun loving learner who needs something to become passionate about and bring their learning to life. 

Genius Hour Post Week 5

Doucette, K. Oct 6, 2017. "Coffee Culture PSL."
Retrieved from own personal library

Hey guys,

Back again, this time I tried coffee cultures pumpkin spice latte. I have to say it wasn't bad. Still had the great pumpkin taste but if your like me and aren't a big fan of coffee then you may not like this as much. It has a much stronger coffee taste and no added bonus of whipped cream :(. That's okay though it was still good and for the price it wasn't too bad. This company only carried two sizes however; small and regular. They have a few good baked treats such as a pumpkin spice muffin and a pumpkin scone (which I tried). The scone was amazing, sweet but not overpowering of any set flavour. It was also still very moist even without add anything extra such as butter or heating it up. When you first walk in to coffee culture there is a sign with the featured drinks. It included the pumpkin spice latte, the pumpkin scone, the pumpkin muffin and a matcha green tea latte (not to sure how this is related to fall flavours but I guess to each their own).

Doucette, K. Oct 6th 2017. "Pumpkin Spice
Scone." Retrieved from own personal
library

Pumpkin Spice Latte:
Small= 3.79
Regular= 4.29

Matcha Green Tea Latte:
Small= 3.79
Regular= 4.29

Pumpkin Scone:
2.69

Pumpkin Muffin:
2.39

Genius Hour Post Week 4

Doucette, K. Sept 25th 2017. "Starbucks Pumpkin
Spice Latte and Pumpkin Spice Muffin."  Retrieved
 from own Personal Library.

Hey guys,

So to begin I wanted to start my journey this week I will be exploring Starbucks version of the pumpkin spice latte. It seems that every year Starbucks was the one company who had the biggest pumpkin spice brand down pat every fall. With this in mid it is why we see pumpkin spice starting as early at the first week of September instead of October when it use to be. Starbucks has a much more rich flavour to their lattes. They are the best at what they do and for the price it better be. The pumpkin spice latte has a smoother taste with that good balance between pumpkin spice and coffee. They offer the most pumpkin spice products such as the latte, frappucino,  tea latte, muffin, scone, and bread. Starbucks offers one other flavour as well to make it more of a fall flavour which includes a salted caramel mocha; however if you want anything pumpkin spice this is the place to go. I will go over pricing right now but keep in mind a legend. T=tall=small, G= grande= medium, and v= venti= large. This will help when I break down the different prices of items based on their sizes. All prices may vary per location so this may not be exactly. I am just going by my local Starbucks.

Doucette, K. Sept 25th 2017. "Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Loaf."
Retrieved from own Personal Library 

Pumpkin Spice Latte/Salted Caramel Mocha:
T= 4.25, G= 4.95, V= 5.25
Frappucino-Salted Caramel Mocha and Pumpkin Spice:
T= 4.25, G= 4.95, V=5.25
Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea Latte (hot or iced):
T=3.65, G=4.25, V=4.65
Pumpkin Muffin & Pumpkin Scone:
2.95
Pumpkin Loaf:
2.45





This week we also did something cool in our technology class that I wanted to share on my blog. We did a jigsaw activity to look at a whole slew of different apps or websites that integrate many different learning tools. This jigsaw activity was interested to look at because we were able to divide ourselves into groups and learn about a few different apps each that we then were able to teach our other colleagues. One that stood out to me was one called coogle which my colleague David had looked at and introduced to us. I really liked it because I could use it to organize my thoughts, especially for this project. What is neat about this feature is you can add people to the conversation and they can also include their thoughts as well. There is a chat function as well so you can configure before even posting something on the page. It is also extremely colourful to make things seem more organized into sections. I can find what I am looking for right away based on the specific colours I had associated with each idea. Instead of just looking at a black and white mindmap and seeing where everything fell. This could be one way to integrate brainstorming using technology into the classroom. Here is my example using my genius hour project.