Gmail in the Classroom

There are many ways I can use Gmail in my elementary classroom.  I can create an email group for parents to easily send out information to all of  my families.  I also plan to save each parent as a contact (with their child's name in the contact information) to easily allow my to contact parents.  Another new feature I plan to use is labels to keep my email organized.  I can create labels for categories such as: Parents, Files, Assessments, etc.