IT and AI educator based in Ajman, UAE
Salma
Fairis
I help teachers and school leaders use Google Workspace, Gemini and AI with confidence — in their real classrooms, not just in theory.
- 10+
- years teaching IT
- 50+
- technology certifications
- 200+
- educators in her UAE network
Trainer demo access
Use the demo account issued for Google training.
Hosted by AIkademy for Salma Fairis.
Trained and spoken at
- Google Dubai
- GESS 2025
- University of Wollongong Dubai
- Middlesex University Dubai
- Dubai Future Accelerators
- AVC College of Engineering
- Canva Launch UAE
What I train
Hands-on sessions built around what teachers do on Monday morning. Every workshop ends with something participants can use straight away.
Google Workspace & Gemini
Classroom, Forms, Sites and Gemini workflows that save teachers hours every week.
AI literacy for educators
Prompting, NotebookLM and AI agents — practical, ethical and classroom-ready.
AI integration in curriculum
Co-designing lessons, assessment briefs and rubrics for IGCSE, A-Level and BTEC.
Digital safety
E-safety, data privacy and academic integrity policies schools can actually run.
Google tools I train on
Google Workspace for Education
Google Classroom
Assignments, feedback and grading
Docs, Slides & Sheets
Collaborative lessons and data
Google Forms
Quizzes and self-marking assessments
Drive & Meet
Sharing resources and live lessons
Google Sites
Class and student portfolio sites
Google Vids
Explainer videos for lessons
Google AI
Gemini
Planning, drafting and differentiation
NotebookLM
Study guides and audio overviews from sources
Gems
Custom Gemini assistants for teaching tasks
Gemini Canvas
Drafting and prototyping with AI
Deep Research
Researched reports with sources
Google AI Studio
Building with Gemini models
AI in Google Classroom
Gemini in Classroom
Lesson plans, quizzes and rubrics
Practice sets
Instant feedback and hints for students
Read Along
AI reading tutor for young learners
Gems & NotebookLM for students
Teacher-guided AI study tools
Gemini in Google Forms
AI-generated quiz questions
Classroom analytics
Insights on student progress
In the room
Conferences, workshops and programmes across the UAE and India.
Certified on the tools
teachers actually use
Google Certified Trainer
Certified by Google for Education to train teachers on Google Workspace and Gemini. Also a Google Certified Educator (Level 1 & 2) and Gemini Certified Educator.
50+
technology certifications across education and AI platforms, including
- Google for Education
- Gemini
- Microsoft
- Adobe
- Pearson
- Canva
- Common Sense certified educator & ambassador
- MagicSchool AI
More than a decade
in the classroom
From building a school ICT department to verifying BTEC standards for Pearson.
- GEG UAE Captain
- Founder, UAE ICT Teachers Network
- Ph.D. scholar, Computer Studies — Symbiosis University
2025 –
International Standards Verifier
Pearson
2022 –
Senior IT Faculty & E-Safety Lead
British International School, Ajman
2019 – 22
EdTech Trainer
Freelance
2015 – 18
IT Teacher & National Agenda Coordinator
British International School, Ajman
What educators say
“Salma turned a room of hesitant teachers into confident Gemini users in one afternoon. Every activity was something we could use in class the next day.”
“Practical, warm and incredibly well organised. Our staff still use her Google Classroom templates.”
“Her keynote made AI feel human again — thoughtful, honest and full of ideas we could act on.”
“NotebookLM finally clicked for our department. We left with study guides built from our own syllabus.”
“Clear, patient and always classroom-first. Salma knows exactly what teachers need on a busy Monday.”
Bring a hands-on Google training to your school
Workshops for teaching teams, leadership groups and conferences — in person across the UAE or online.