Neat way to communicate!

I have been doing an online course for credit and I am learning so much on here.  I was not real familiar with Google, so I thought this class would be great!  It is.  The gmail has so many features and great way to communicate with the students in the class.  If they didn't write down the assignment or forgot, or got distracted, this is wonderful for them to look at and see exactly what the teacher is wanting.  On days where school is cancelled, the teacher can send out information the student could work on to get caught up in class.  The chat is instant and sharing is so neat!  My generation didn't grow up with this. Very cool how progress has come.  It has some great advantages.  Not always negative.