Gmail in the classroom

There are several ways that I will use Gmail this year within the classroom.  The first way is to keep my emails organized.  I recently accepted our schools Jr. High AD position and will be getting more emails from other AD's about potential games, officials, etc.  It will be important for me to use Gmail filters to automatically label emails that have to do with Jr. High athletics, school, and high school athletics.  This will help me know what emails have time sensitive content.

Another way that I will use Gmail will be to communicate with students what they missed in class if they are sick for the day.  With students being asked to take proper precautions if they are sick and stay home it will be important to be able to communicate with with students what they missed in class that particular day.

Finally, I will use email to communicate with my student's parents if they are struggling academically.  It is important to keep parents in the loop about their student's grade.