Born: Englewood, NJ Currently Living: Largo, Maryland Parents: Craig McLeod, Yeshiareg Dejene Countries traveled to: Eygypt, Tunisia, Ethiopia, South Africa, France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Italty, UAE Hobbies: Sports (basketball, soccer, baseball), listening to and producing music, writing music, paper airplanes. Favorite Movies: Men in Black, Star Wars, Avengers, Coach Carter, Space Jam, Sixth Man, Triple … Continue reading Bio →

Dear Diary Tutorial Step 1) Choose your favorite Disney villain to use their perspective for a diary entry .  Step 2) Write a diary entry fro their perspective about their day. It could related to their story in the films or fictional.  

Famous Last Words Tutorial Step 1) Come up with a witty, one line phrase that you would say before your untimely demise. Eg:  Step 2) Using this phrase, create a background story that led up to your fictional death and the origin of the phrase used. Be as creative and humorous and as possible with … Continue reading #WritingAssignments #WritingTutorials →

TDC Idea #1 My first idea for a daily create is to record an animal/pet interacting with nature. This could be a pet or an animal in the backyard, even at a zoo. The point is be creative in how you record the animal, how close you are, and what the animal does. This gives … Continue reading #tdcideas →

Assignment Idea #1 My first assignment idea was about creating a poster that calls for the legalisation of any injust law or doctrine within our country that people disagree with. The common examples i used for the poster were marijuana legalisation or gay marriage legalisation but the assignment can be used creatively for the legalisation … Continue reading #assignmentideas →

Week 10 has been tough. Have not had enough time to stay on track with much of ds106 with the Divest Sit-in taking up so much time. Here’s my week summmary. http://www.basketballsoul.org/uncategorized/finalunitpost/ http://www.basketballsoul.org/uncategorized/tdc1176-ds106/ http://www.basketballsoul.org/uncategorized/commenting-2/

I have decided to work by myself and not pursue group work.

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This daily create inspired me to write about a friend that i’ve known since freshmen. I wanted to use a personal story that shows how far a conversation with a stranger could. That it could blossom into a friendship that could last a long time. Talk With a Stranger I’ve always been able to handle … Continue reading #tdc1176 #ds106 →

This week has quite a challenge for me learning how to deal with the assignments of DS106. Let me tell you about it. Radio show Reflection I had the pleasure of listening in on some great radio shows from my fellow students. “Dinner Party at 6″ was probably one of the more engrossing radio shows … Continue reading Week 9 Summary →

Here is my video to my future self in the year 2030. I reflect on how my future self would reminisce on my life my to this point in 2015. My future self would be more mature, more responsible, and look back on this difficult period in my life as a time...

Silk Road Reflection I was nervous listening to my radio show live for the first time. But i was confident that my group put a lot of effort into making this project. I was excited to read the comments to see what other students had to say about it. I felt like the comments reflected … Continue reading #finalradio →

Dinner party at 6 Based off of CLUE Sound effects are effective and clear. Sound of rain, opening of doors, knocking, people talking, voice recording quality varies from voice to voice. Mr. Shark Authentic thunder and lighting Suspenseful music Gunshot soundeffects Screams Footsteps Gasps Scary and daunting introduction characters sound unique and believable Clock tower … Continue reading #radiolisten →

This week has been chock full of activities. Where to start? I guess I should go in order. Radio Listen My first post i had to listen to other students’ radio shows and reflect on what I had heard. I was very impressed with how NOIRtalks took advantage of creating their own sound effects and … Continue reading Weekly Summary →

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http://tdc.ds106.us/writings/the-beat-vs-the-artist/ This is my daily create about how music changed my life. I made a poem about how music is a struggle between the artist and himself. How he needs to overcome his own battles and demons in order to become a real artist. A real artist is someone who express him or herself and … Continue reading #dailycreate #ds106 →

Carter Smith Character Movie Poster This is the movie poster i created for my character. I used the TV show “Outlaw Star” as the image of background because that show’s main character has such similar traits to that of my character Carter Smith. Both are hard-nosed gunfighters, renegades willing to do anything to get the … Continue reading #DesignAssignments #DesignAssignments1407 →

Dear Diary, I do not know where to begin. Maybe I should start where everything went wrong. I was following this Cipriani family close, maybe too close. I had a person on the inside, a young girl, 18 years old. Her name was Maggie. She worked as a maid for one of the Cipriani brothers, … Continue reading #WritingAssignments #Writing Assignments1620 →

http://inspire.ds106.us/noirpulp-book-cover/ Noir/Pulp book cover I was really inspired by this piece of artwork because I loved the dark and light contrast and it fits the bill perfectly for a noir/pulp fiction book cover or even TV series. The ominous message is being conveyed through the dark silhouette of a man walking through the steam/fog. He’s … Continue reading #inspire4 →

http://inspire.ds106.us/barriers-to-being/ Barriers to Being I chose this piece as inspirational because of the message this picture sends. In actuality, the picture is asking a question, are you looking out through the bars or in? It’s a simple question but it has some deep philosophical meaning to it. The outside of the bars looks barren and … Continue reading #inspire3 →

http://inspire.ds106.us/were-all-in-this-together-a-dash-of-design-for-team-noirpaca/ We’re All In This Together: A Dash of Design for Team Noirpaca I chose this piece of artwork simply because i admired the aesthetic qualities of the image. The fox is drawn in such a unique way that I’ve  never seen before. The brush strokes and the design patterns the artist used to paint … Continue reading #inspire2 →

http://inspire.ds106.us/firefly-minimalist-movie-poster/ Firefly Minimalist Movie Poster I was inspired by this piece of artwork mainly because what inspires me in art are posters or images with large, bold words. I admire how the artist used a minimalist approach for a movie poster, especially since most blockbuster movie posters have so much action committed to a single … Continue reading #inspire1 →

NOIRtalks The experience of listening to other students’ radio shows is unique for everyone because you get the opportunity to explore other people’s art and listen to the ideas they express through their radio show. For NOIRtalks, listening to their radio show was an intriguing experience. They mainly used their own voices for creating tension, … Continue reading #radiolisten →

Left Hand Right Hand Written by @DanielMcLeod94 on March 5, 2015 10:28 pm ‘You will dribble the ball all the way down the court and back using only your weak hand.” What? I couldn’t believe what the coach was saying to us. I had never really used my left hand to dribble the ball before, … Continue reading Week 7: #ds106 #tdc1152 →

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This week my group “Neonoir” pushed even further in our progress of creating this radio show. This week my group and I started crafting the script for the radio show, including dialogue and actor blocking (movements). With this script my group was able to create the environment and character personality through descriptions and actor dialogue … Continue reading Week 7: #radioshowweek2 →

This week has truly tuckered me out! But on the bright side a lot of work was accomplished this week with my group. Here is a summary of the work I accomplished this week with my group. The first post was a summation of the progress my group made creating the name of our show, … Continue reading Week 7: Weekly Summary →

This is the promo I decided to use for our radio show. Since we are modernizing noir, I wanted to put a futuristic spin on the bumper. Making the voice deep and commanding with an echo, it will catch the listener’s attention immediately and they won’t forget the impression that it left after they hear … Continue reading Week 7: #radioshowpromo →

This is the post i made for the Morning Glory assignment worth 2 stars. I decided to use it for my character’s awakening from a long night of crime fighting, he wakes up and immediately starts sipping from a soda cup he found lying around his apartment. Not the cleanest broom in the closet but … Continue reading Week 7: What’s the Story Morning Glory? #AudioAssignments #AudioAssignments1297 →

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