Textbooks vs. tabletHas your school ever thought about switching from old textbooks to new tablets? They significantly improve schools and save money. “Tablets can hold hundreds of textbooks on a single device, as well as assignments, quizzes and other files, eliminating the need to physically store books and learning materials. The average tablet contains 8 to 64 gigabytes (GB) of storage. On Amazon Kindle Fire, for example, 1,000 books take up one GB of space.” Emily Price said in her article titled How Much Memory Does Your Tablet Need? Even though they may present problems and break, schools should switch from textbooks to tablets because it will help children learn and it is cheaper to buy a tablet than a few textbooks. Tablets are a better alternative. They save on school costs for supplies such as pencils, paper, scissors and other essentials. A tablet costs about $300, but a textbook costs about $75. However, tablets are capable of storing thousands of textbooks in a single device, saving schools the cost of many textbooks. On average, electronic textbooks cost 50-60% less...