google apps

I think google docs is a great tool. It would have been useful to have when i was in high school. it would have been a centralized place to go and retrieve worksheets. I lost worksheets so often in high school. it would also have been a place where parents could have gone to check and see if their children have homework because you can group the docs in many different ways. You can edit papers, conduct surveys. It would be a good idea to keep emergency lessons on here for a substitute teacher in case of an emergency.
Google calendar is also a good tool. you could post homework due dates and test dates on it. the teacher could also have a separate one for themselves where they could keep important dates and meetings in. Parents can also use it to make sure their child is studying for a test that is coming up, or is working on a project that is due soon.
I found two lesson plans on google docs, the first one being titled Collaborative Lab Experiments. it is a lab that shows the rate of photosynthesis in plants in different environments. the students do the lab separately then come together to explain the results. http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv49vkt_14dv8hdtf6 The second lesson plan is entitled History of Life on Earth the students create calendars to try to decide what will happen in the next calendar year. they then share their calendars with the teacher.http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/lesson_plans.html