{"id":1820,"date":"2025-10-29T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/prism\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:11:51","slug":"spooktacular-teaching-commons-mashup-active-learning-meets-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/prism\/2025\/10\/29\/spooktacular-teaching-commons-mashup-active-learning-meets-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spooktacular Teaching Commons Mashup: Active Learning Meets AI!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eighteen faculty members from across the College of Science and Mathematics gathered on October 27 for a spirited Teaching Commons @ CSAM Halloween Mashup. The workshop was co-facilitated by biology professor Scott Kight and Uma Mistry, an undergraduate Earth & Environmental Science major and future science teacher. Uma\u2019s leadership and facilitation made the event uniquely inspiring.<\/p>\n

Uma led faculty through a series of active learning techniques, including quick writes, analogy reasoning, ranking tasks, and networking strategies, modeling the very Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) she has been learning in her teacher education courses. In a rare and empowering role reversal, Uma guided her own professors through evidence-based engagement strategies, demonstrating the remarkable strength and confidence of CSAM\u2019s future science educators. The faculty praised her poise, clarity, and expertise, noting how powerful it was to learn from one of our soon-to-be teachers.<\/p>\n

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