5 REASONS TO CONSIDER INTERGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM 1.active participation One of the main benefits of using technology in the classroom is that the traditional passsive learning mold is broken unlike a teacher-led classroom,students participate in gathering information from the internet and making their own deciding whether it is relevant or not. Activity helps the student become engagedin the lesson and retain more information. 2. A Picture is worth 1000 Words If a picture is worth 1,000 words how much is a video worth? Thing back to when you were in school,walking into the classrom and seeing the film projector set up meant class was going to be much more insteresting. Showing how a cell divides vs. describing it with words is a nigth and day difference. Rich media that are readily available on the internet can help the student more complex consepts quiker and easier than using the written word alone...