E-Textbook: A Better Way to Teach K-12 Classrooms From carving bones and shells to inventing paper, from printing from paper to publishing books on the Internet, the basis for writing has changed for many centuries. Similarly, since the end of the 20th century, teaching methods have also evolved from the exclusive use of texts, images and sounds to multimedia. Nowadays, a new technology called electronic textbook (e-textbook), a digital form of textbook that includes color images, videos and other functions, begins to play an important role in classroom teaching. In 2012, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission head Julius Genachowski announce a plan to get all U.S. students, from kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12), to switch from textbooks printed to digital ones by 2017. (Tomassini 1) This shows that printed textbooks will transform into digital ones in the near future. However, some experts, district leaders and publishers may argue that this new technology is not yet well developed because the effects of electronic textbooks are not really confirmed and the cost of reading devices is huge. (Tomassini 1) From this point of view, this plan is equivalent to putting the future of students and also taxpayers' money at risk. In summary, with the development of new technology, whether electronic textbooks will replace printed ones has become a controversial issue. While I admit that the price of reading devices is still enormous, I still maintain that education should be viewed as an investment. Some might argue that federal, state, and local education funding is so limited that school districts should use it well. (Tomass......middle of paper......the book can meet all their needs. Therefore, the electronic textbook could reduce the study gap between the disabled and others. Hopefully, the use of e-textbook could reduce the gap in studying between disabled people and others - the textbook is a better way of teaching in the classroom than the traditional textbook because it considers the needs of different students, too if the new technology is still in development, there is no doubt that the electronic textbook can offer a better reading experience than the printed one provides an interactive and multimedia environment to engage the student in learning so that the student becomes an active learner rather than just a recipient in the classroom. Furthermore, the textbook system will be modified by the e-textbook because the various functions of the e-textbook meet the needs of different. students Overall, the electronic textbook is a better tool in classroom teaching than the printed textbook.