Your example is only apt when using the tool is the point of the learning. More realistically, the drill is supposed to be an entirely necessary but incidental

Your example is only apt when using the tool is the point of the learning. More realistically, the drill is supposed to be an entirely necessary but incidental aspect of the learning. In this scenario, any amount of time or effort expended on problem solve the drill is taking time away from the primary learning objective. This is why teachers use Word and Google Docs. They do not give a shit about the tool. The tool is a means to an end. Word and Docs are familiar. Word and Docs work.