AIDA Website Evaluation PRT 5460

AIDA ASPCA

Animals are a large part of my life. I love to learn more about them every day. This May I will graduate with my bachelor’s in Parks Recreation and Tourism with an emphasis in Commercial Recreation. I hope one day to become a Zoo keeper. There are many ways to learn about animals but my favorite place to search information is on the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) website http://www.aspca.org/ .  For class I chose to use the ASPCA website to evaluate.

Attention: The website has a good contrast of colors, orange and black, that catches ones eye. It also has a picture slide show flashing at the top. The overall set up is organized and easy to follow. Labels and descriptions are large making it easy to read.

Interest: The many topics that the ASPCA cover are interesting and informational. The pictures with each article attract one to click on it.

Desire: There are many different articles that show how one can help all different kinds of animals. There are also topics that help owners treat and teach his or her own pet.

Action: There are many places on the website asking for donations and volunteers

Overall this website is very informative and easy to follow. I visit it about once a week in order to answer my questions and stay up to date on news. Due to the easy layout it is easy for me to follow and find whatever I am looking for.

If ever you are to have questions about animals I encourage you to use this website. It is great and informative on many animals that one sees day to day. Not only does the website have a lot of information on animals but the ASPCA is striving to inform the public about animal cruelty and by visiting this site you can understand why. Go to https://www.aspca.org/secure/join?ms=wb_hom_position2-economiccat-20140922&initialms=wb_hom_position2-economiccat-20140922&pcode=WEB2HOM&lpcode=WEB1HOM to donate to the cause. 

Fall College Days

Wow, so I am the worst blogger in the world I've decided, but oh well. here's a quick update since i last wrote! :)

-I have been starting on the University of Utah volleyball team and have played pretty well for my first year

--I love playing and love my teammates even more. They are all really nice and look after me! Being in the PAC-12 definitely threw me for a curve. I t is a lot harder than one would imagine. Out of the 12 teams, 5 are ranked in the top 20 and you can't look past those who aren't because they are good too (that includes us!). We have 3 games left that we should win and we can take 8th in our conference which is extremely good considering we are young and this is our first year in the PAC-12.

-School is a breeze and I am passing all of my classes easily.

--I am not taking hard classes because I am so heavy into volleyball but I enjoy my classes the same. I am doing extremely well and hope my grades will reflect that at the end of the semester. We only have 4 weeks until Christmas break and I am so ready to go home and relax for a while.

-Dates, Boys, And More!
--I have gone on a few dates since I have been here and each one has been a blast. There are a few guys who I am crushing on (as normal). They both play sports are freshman and super cute! One is a swimmer and the other is a quarterback. They both just got their mission calls and will leave in the spring semester. A bummer for me but really cool for them! I am writing my friend Steven who is on a mission and comes home in less than a year. It'll be nice to have him home.

-Dallon has left on his mission and I miss him more than ever.

--I am so not used to having my brother gone and every time I think about him I can't help but cry. Luckily one of the boys i dated this summer has connections with the district leaders in Peru so i can secretly know what's going on and how my big brother is doing. This Christmas is going to be super strange and foreign without him there.

Well that's the big news so far. Nothing exotic unfortunately, but i like to make believe my life is. I am so happy and love being at college. It has definitely proven to be as fun as everyone told me it would. I miss my friends from high school and club ball but couldn't be making better ones here. Life is GOOD!! :)

What a DATE!!

So last night I went on one of the best dates I have ever been on!
A guy I met at a Utah Institute dance took me. We first went to his friends house where all four of us (me, him, his friend, and his friend's date) all made sandwiches. Then we went to a park that was half way up a mountain. There we enjoyed our sandwiches and watched the sunset and talked. After the sun was down, but there was still light outside, we hiked up the mountain a little. We stopped and enjoyed the most beautiful view of all the city lights below us. After he took me to Wendy's where we enjoyed frosties and got to know each other a little more through conversation. We had a great time talking and laughing. He drove me home and gave me a polite friend hug. Definitely a keeper date! Maybe we'll go on another! :)

More pictures of Europe!

Home at Last!

Well I am finally home and am so happy to be! I got in last night around 1 am after my flight had to be delayed due to bad weather in Atlanta. That had to be the longest flight in the entire history! The flight from Venice to Atlanta was 11 hours in itself but it didn't help that I sat next to a lady that complained about the screaming babies the whole time. She was worse then the babies! Needless to say I did not sleep on that flight. When we got to Atlanta I was so relieved to be back in the US and know and understand the language they spoke. It felt like home, even though it was just Atlanta. The flight to Salt Lake got delayed 3 hours and I felt as if I were never coming home. But miraculously the plane finally took off and we were on our way. There was barely anyone on the flight and we each got our own rows to lay down on. Oh boy did I sleep like a rock on that flight. We touched down and I almost ran off the plane to see My family and get out of the airports that I had now been in for 23 hours. Finally I got home!

At home I gave mom, dad, and Dallon thier gifts, I was really excited to show them everything that I got and tell them some stories. I spent the night at mom and dad's then drove up to school this morning. I had class and a presentaiton that was due, which I got 100% on!! Now I get to chill due laundry and put all my things away.

Europe was so much fun and I am so thankful I got to go. It was a true blessing!!

Hello again!
So here we are in Venice. Oh my goodness it is so beautiful here! Yesterday we arrived around 2 and immediately went out in the city. After shopping and marveling at the buildings for a few hours we were supposed to meet at Sam Marcos. HA HA The girl I was with and I got really lost on our way but it was the best thing that could have happened. After we met at San Marcos we decided to go on a Gondola ride. We saw these two men on the side of the canal and asked them how much. They proceeded to tell us that it was 150 euros. Too much we said and started to bargain...well of course with my good looks and excellent bargaining skills, I got them to consider two boats, 4 people in each boat, for 100 euros. I rock! The ride was super amazing! (not to mention our Gondola guy was SUPER DUPER CUTE!) (don't worry pictures will come later). Well thats all that happened. Today we are doing the same things and tomorrow i get to come home! I am so excited! I miss you all very much! See you then!

Volleyball Land of Romans

Sorry it has been a while since my last post; the hotel we are at right now does not have Internet unless you pay for it. So I splurged and now have 309 minutes to tell you all about what has happened since we have been in Croatia. Where to begin! First we arrived on Sunday and had opening ceremonies that night on the old roman streets. The buildings were amazing and so interesting to see. We watched some kids dace around in the traditional Croatian dance then they announced each of our teams.

The next day we played the Czech and Slovenia teams. with each team we went 2-1, unfortunately we were the 1 but oh well. The next day we played an Italian team (at least i think they were Italian) and the Romania team. We beat the Italian team 2-1 but lost to Romania 1-2. The next day we played an American team, my college coaches team and teammates. It was a very close and fun game but they pulled out the win 2-1. Today we played another US team and lost in a close battle 2-1.

We ended up taking 8th overall which actually isn't too bad. It was a lot of fun playing and i feel as if i have definitely improved.

On Monday we went to the beach and jumped off the rocks. I had a blast and never knew the water to be so salty!!

Other than that not much has happened. It has been fun getting to bond with the girls and I have enjoyed seeing and meeting new people and new sights. I don't know what we are exactly doing for the rest of the time but I will be sure to update in a few days!

Oh by the way...my name is officially CHARLES now. Love ya!!