Gmail in the classroom & office

I work in a behavior academy with high school students. I also coach two sports at the high school and middle school level. With these areas I use a number of Google applications. I use email to connect with my high school athletes because they are in other building than where I am. Google chat is also nice because it is very similar to a text message but will save messages with the students. I also use email to communicate with other teachers at the high school, because again I am in another building than they are.

I also find myself using my Google drive where I share sheets and docs with my staff and athletes. We have a behavior-tracking sheet where all of the behavior staff along with my principal and AEA staff member can get up to date notes. The Google calendar works great for the summer weight and conditioning program as we are sharing the calendar to all the coaches. We are sharing it because it allows us to have coaches at all the workouts.