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2026 LEEF Conference Wakulla Wild has ended
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm EDT
Environmental education faces critical challenges in keeping pace with rapidly evolving technological landscapes. AI offers support in planning, content creation, evaluation, and teaching, creating opportunities for innovative and timely content to engage students. This session introduces ways environmental educators can integrate AI into their practice through hands-on activities with various AI tools, while addressing ethical considerations. Participants will gain practical skills to critically apply AI for lesson planning, content development, assessment, and instruction, fostering innovation in the field of environmental education.
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Arya Karumanthra

Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Florida
Dr. Arya Karumanthra is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on integrating Artificial Intelligence into science classrooms to support teaching and learning around global challenges... Read More →
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Emily Blum

Florida Project Learning Tree Coordinator and Education Training Specialist, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences
Emily Blum is the Florida Project Learning Tree Coordinator and Education Training Specialists at UF/IFAS's School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences. She also is an adjunct professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville. She earned her B.A. in Education with a minor... Read More →
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Yue Li

Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Dr. Yue Li is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on AI integration into environmental education, professional development for environmental educators, environmental... Read More →
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Caleb Nyatuame

University of Florida
Caleb Atsu Nyatuame is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Ecology at the University of Florida. His previous research examines how teacher educators, especially in Ghana, incorporate environmental issues and place-based education into their teaching practices. Caleb is currently doing... Read More →
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm EDT
WEI Main Classroom A

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