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WISIT Summer Institute 2026
WISIT Summer Institute 2026

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



Friday August 7, 2026 11:15am - 12:45pm EDT
Featuring Aaryn Drapiza, Jaime Chao Migano, and Georgina Ardalan.

This session highlights three classroom stories from across the DMV, offering a vivid and grounded look at how educators are integrating AI into their practice, not as a replacement for thinking, but as a tool to deepen it. From kindergarten through high school, teachers share how they are using AI to support cultures of thinking, making, creativity, and student agency in ways that feel authentic and responsive to their learners. These are not polished case studies, but real moments of practice, filled with experimentation, reflection, and discovery. Together, they paint a hopeful and honest picture of what it looks like to teach and learn alongside AI in real time, inviting participants to consider how these emerging tools can amplify, rather than diminish, the richness of classroom thinking.

Speakers
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Jaime Chao Mignano

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Jaime Chao Mignano is the Director of Technology and Innovation at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, MD. She has been a technology and maker educator in Washington, DC for over a decade, serving schools and nonprofit organizations in developing and delivering curriculum... Read More →
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Georgina Ardalan

Janney Elementary School
Georgina Ardalan is an early childhood educator in DC Public Schools. She draws on her first career in architecture to create a nurturing, collaborative environment that encourages a culture of thinking, where both teachers and children question, reflect, and listen. Georgina serves... Read More →
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Aaryn Drapiza

The Village School
Aaryn Drapiza (she/her) is devoted to learner-centered and community-oriented education. Her education journey began with elementary learners, and the insights she gained from those foundational years inspire and inform her approach to middle school, a stage she's deeply passionate... Read More →
Friday August 7, 2026 11:15am - 12:45pm EDT
Black Box Theater - Middle School Building 3100 Macomb St NW

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