Citizen Kane

This is my 7th period Advanced Forensics Class. We are winding down our year with a unit on Citizen Kane and this is our post-movie watching discussion.

You Tube Video

This is an example of adapting an original screenplay to a ten-minute duo. It's a great way for me to show students the potential for longer scripts, and the possibility of adapting them to our ten-minute format. Another reason I'd use this is for the blocking. This selection incorporates some creative movement and physical interpretation, so hopefully it helps kids to try and be creative. Finally, most kids are familiar with the script, so it adds to its usefulness.

Class Expectation

As a student, I expect you to be an active participant in the learning process. Your input, both in discussion and in written form, are vital to the success of the class. In essence, you get out of this course what you put in. You are welcome to disagree, question, and refute anyones' ideas (including my own) as long as it is done in a respectful manner. You don't have to agree with your classmates, but you do have to respect their right to have a different perspective from you. Once again, the success of the class depends on your efforts to be an inquisitive skeptic, and actively take part in the overall process.

Time for a 10 Picture Tour!

Get ready for a mini-tour of Bellevue East!

Counseling office

Cafeteria... YUM!

The lovely Mrs. Holtmeyer in the deans' office

Freshman Commons

Mr. Bogatz guarding the front door

Mrs. Seeba's garden

Senior Commons

Library

Me pretending to scold the nicest student ever

He tried to take my coffee.

Blog Week 1

My name is John Campbell, and I teach at Bellevue East. I've been there about 14 years, and I teach creative writing and forensics. I also coach the forensics team and sponsor the school literary magazine. Before that, I taught at Marrs Middle School for four years, where I taught English. I went to college in Lincoln at Nebraska Wesleyan, and I student taught in Australia at the Mathew Flinders School for Girls in Geelong. Both my parents were/are teachers, as are three out of my four siblings.

I've been lucky to have worked in great building with great staffs so far in my teaching experience. Some of my closest relationships over the years have been the fellow educators I have had the pleasure of working with. Additionally, I have definitely learned more observing my colleagues than virtually anywhere. Whether it's different types of technology to use in the classroom, or simply an idea for how to get a concept across in a different way, the teachers I've worked with have been great.

I am personally a Mac person, mainly because my wonderful wife, who is much more tech-savvy than I am, has told me that's what I'll be. Thus far, I agree with her suggestion. I use tech in class all the time. From simple search engines, to more complicated visual programs, I use a wide variety of different tech applications in the classroom.


Below is a photo of me in Bangkok.