Empowering Educators Academy

25/08/2026

📢 New Teacher Workshop

Are you preparing to enter the classroom for the first time?

Join our practical online workshop:

Classroom Management: Practical Strategies That Actually Work

This 90-minute interactive workshop will help beginning teachers feel more confident, prepared, and ready to manage real classroom situations.

Key takeaways:

• Establish clear routines from the first week
• Gain students’ attention without shouting
• Respond calmly to challenging behavior
• Use positive and respectful teacher language
• Prevent common disruptions before they escalate
• Apply practical strategies to realistic classroom scenarios
• Create a personal classroom management action plan

📅 Saturday, August 29, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM, Beirut time
💻 Live via Zoom
💵 Participation fee: $10
📜 E-certificate included

Presenter:
Mona Sawan, M.Ed.
Founder, Empowering Educators Academy

📲 For reservations:
WhatsApp: +961 70 112 102

💳 Payment:
Payment is available through Whish using the same number:
+961 70 112 102

Limited places are available. Register now and begin your teaching journey with greater confidence.

22/08/2026

I’m excited to share the recording of my latest workshop:

**Designing Student-Centered Classrooms: Using Differentiation, UDL, and AI**

In this session, we explored how teachers can move beyond one-size-fits-all instruction and design learning experiences that respond to learner variability without losing sight of clear academic goals.

We discussed how **Universal Design for Learning, differentiation, student agency, formative assessment, and purposeful use of AI** can work together to make learning more accessible, engaging, and meaningful.

One message guided the entire session:

**Learner variability is not a problem to solve. It is the starting point for better design.**

The workshop includes practical classroom examples, lesson redesign ideas, student-centered strategies, assessment approaches, and realistic ways AI can support teachers while professional judgment remains at the center.

🎥 **The full recording is now available on my YouTube channel.**

If you are a teacher, coordinator, school leader, trainer, or curriculum designer, I hope you find something in this session that you can take directly into your practice.

**Start with one lesson. Make one meaningful change. Then observe, reflect, and refine.**

🔗 Watch the full session here:
https://youtu.be/9BEY1GZicME?si=W9heduGKC0UPdiIM

The session highlights practical approaches to:• Respond to diver...

22/08/2026

31/07/2026

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Artificial intelligence is transforming education but the real value lies in knowing how to design AI workflows, not just how to write prompts.
In this step-by-step tutorial, I show educators how to build their first AI Lesson Plan App using Google Opal, with no coding required.

In this video, you'll learn how to:
- Understand the Google Opal interface
- Use User Input, Generate, and Output blocks
- Design an AI workflow from scratch
- Write effective prompts for each AI block
- Connect blocks using dynamic references (@)
- Test your app using Preview
- Publish and share your app with other educators
More importantly, you'll learn a practical workflow design approach that can be applied to many educational AI applications—not just lesson planning.
Whether you're a teacher, instructional coach, school leader, or educational technology enthusiast, this tutorial will help you take your first step into building AI-powered tools for education.
https://youtu.be/nczDvDaucLA?si=4V72AlOWOo52zIeV

What educational AI application would you like us to build next with Google Opal?

📚 In this video, you'll learn how to:✅ Understand the Google Opal...

23/07/2026

𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞!
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐌 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.
This is far more than a new name. Google has transformed one of its most powerful AI research tools into an intelligent workspace that brings research, reasoning, content creation, and productivity together in one place.
In this short video, I explain:
- What changed
- Why it matters
- The new capabilities you should know about
- Why educators, researchers, and professionals should start paying attention
We're moving beyond AI that simply answers questions. We're entering an era where AI helps us organize knowledge, connect ideas, and create meaningful work.
If you're interested in AI, education, or productivity, this is an update you won't want to miss.
Watch the video, and let me know in the comments:
https://youtu.be/EW_ueP_iDlo?si=qgARaNqCUPDxaBBT

Which new Gemini Notebook feature are you most excited to explore?

Google has officially transformed NotebookLM into Gemini Notebook, ...

22/07/2026

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

Behind each one is an educator who chose to invest time in learning, reflecting, and growing—not because they had to, but because they believe their students deserve the very best.

Over the past few days, I have had the privilege of reviewing reflections from teachers and educational leaders representing different countries, schools, and educational contexts. What impressed me most was not the scores—it was their willingness to critically examine their own classroom practices and embrace continuous improvement.

This is exactly why Empowering Educators Academy exists: to build a global community of reflective educators who learn, grow, and inspire one another.

Congratulations to everyone who successfully completed the "𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤" webinar and earned their certificate. Your dedication to professional growth is making a difference—one classroom at a time.

The journey doesn't end here. This is just the beginning.

19/07/2026

🚀 New Tutorial Now Available!

Artificial Intelligence is transforming education—but knowing how to use it effectively is what truly makes the difference.

In this practical tutorial, I'll show you how to use Claude AI to support your everyday teaching tasks, from lesson planning to assessment, using real classroom examples.

In this session, you'll learn how to: ✅ Organize your work with Projects
✅ Build context using Project Knowledge and Instructions
✅ Write effective prompts
✅ Create lesson plans, worksheets, and classroom activities
✅ Analyze assessment data to support student learning

Whether you're new to Claude or looking to improve your AI workflow, this tutorial will help you save time while enhancing your teaching practice.

🎥 Watch the full tutorial here:
🔗 https://youtu.be/0Kn7epdlDUM?si=Oljznd79lQZJLVwl

If you find it valuable, I'd appreciate your support by liking the video, subscribing to the channel, and sharing it with fellow educators.

Together, let's empower educators to teach smarter with AI.

By the end of this tutorial, participants will know how to:Start ...

18/07/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 2030? 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐀𝐈, 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡?

What will the classroom of the future look like? By 2030, artificial intelligence may become part of everyday teaching, helping schools with attendance, student safety, learning support, grading, and communication.

In this video, we explore how AI assistants and smart classroom systems may support education while highlighting one important truth: technology can help teachers, but it cannot replace human empathy, creativity, mentorship, and emotional connection.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫.

In this video, you will discover:
How AI may transform classroom routines
How smart systems can support safety and well-being
How AI can provide faster feedback and grading
Why human teachers will remain essential in the future of learning

Share your thoughts in the comments:
Who do you think will be your teacher in 2030, a human, AI, or both?

Created by Empowering Educators Academy
Presented by Mona Sawan

In this video, you will discover:How AI may transform classroom ro...

17/07/2026

🚀 Want to create stunning AI images for free?
In this new YouTube tutorial, I'll show you how to use Google's latest Nano Banana 2 Lite image generation model through three free platforms:
✅ Google AI Studio
✅ Google Flow
✅ Google Gemini
You'll learn how to generate images, compare the results across all three platforms, and download your creations, all step by step.
🎥 Watch the tutorial here: https://youtu.be/JRu_SuM3kfA
If you find it helpful, don't forget to like, subscribe, and share it with other AI enthusiasts and educators!

How to Generate AI Images for Free Using Google's Nano Banana 2 Lit...