WISIT Summer Institute 2026: Full Schedule

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

August 3 to 7, 2026
Washington International School, Tregaron Campus

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9:00am EDT

Plenary Session led by the Center for Digital Thriving - The AI to Z Workshop: Finding the Words Schools Need Now

Thursday August 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

The AI to Z Workshop: Finding the Words Schools Need Now - Generative AI is changing how we teach, learn, and relate to one another in schools. These changes are happening so fast it feels nearly impossible to see, name, or talk about them. What if we had words for them? In this participatory plenary, the Center for Digital Thriving will invite you into the AI to Z Workshop, a practice that brings people together to name the often-invisible ways AI is reshaping school life. Together, we'll surface the phenomena educators and students are living through but don't yet have language for. You'll leave with both a shared vocabulary and a workshop process you can take back to your classrooms, colleagues, and communities. Most importantly, you’ll leave with a greater sense of agency, because at CDT, we've found that having the words to see these changes is what lets us decide how we want to relate to them — as individuals, communities, and institutions.

Speakers

Dr. Carrie James

Co-Director of Project Zero, Center for Digital Thriving

Dr. Carrie James (she/her) is a sociologist, researcher, and the current Co-Director of Project Zero. Emphasizing qualitative methods, her work focuses on young people’s digital experiences, including opportunities and challenges for their well-being, social connections, and civic... Read More →

Dr. Beck Tench

Center for Digital Thriving

Dr. Beck Tench (she/her) has deep and abiding curiosities about how to live well in a radically connected world. She is a Principal Investigator at Project Zero, where she serves as a senior researcher, designer, and co-leader of the IMAGINE AI portfolio of work at the Center for Digital Thriving. Her research explores how people find hope and digital agency, individually and collectively. Beck also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Beck earned her Ph.D. in Information Science at the University of Washington, where... Read More →

Dan Be Kim

Center for Digital Thriving

Dan Be Kim is a startup founder turned educational technologist, committed to reimagining how we teach and learn in the age of AI. Her current work centers on designing human-centered AI literacy programming for educators and learners. As a third culture kid with a multicultural upbringing... Read More →

Thursday August 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Black Box Theater - Middle School Building 3100 Macomb St NW

Plenary Session

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

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