Create Google Docs Forms

Try sending your field trip parent forms using Google Docs -Forms.

"Create a form in a Google Docs spreadsheet and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won't need to sign in, and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically generated web page....

Creating the form is easy: start with a spreadsheet to get the form, or start by creating the form and you'll get the spreadsheet automatically....Responses are automatically added to your spreadsheet."

You can even make your life easier by adding the Google Docs Forms gadget to your iGoogle homepage for easy access.

Google Forms is a slightly different twist on an old task. It might help you be more efficient and organized than trying to keep track of all those paper forms.