Gmail: A Better Way to Mail

This is another addition to Technology Thursday. On Thursdays we will be highlighting a different online technology that Teachers can put to use in the classroom. You can find more articles on the Technology page.

Email is an integral part of modern communication. Despite the emergence of social media...email is not dying.

Gmail or email by Google is the best possible mail provider on the web.

It comes as a part of the suite of apps you receive when signing up for a Google Account.


Why is Gmail better?

• Ability to manage multiple accounts in one email. You are probably more than a teacher...you probably have more than one email that you are identified with. With Gmail you can forward multiple emails to one inbox and respond to those emails as any account that you have set-up.
• Syncs with Tasks in Google Calendar 
• Able to arrange Contacts into groups (I know you can do this in most emails but still a nice tool)
• Syncs with Android phone (contacts and mail)
• Availability of multiple sign-ins - More than one account can be signed in at one time
• Less Spam
• More Storage