Making the Case for Technology Integration

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Drill-and-practice software is often referred to by the derogatory term "drill and kill." Do you believe this happens because the number of situations is diminishing in which drill-and-practice software would be the strategy of choice, or because people fail to recognize appropriate situations for using it? Explain your reasoning.

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Some schools, such as those with a college preparatory focus, do not allow the use of instructional games of any kind. Is there a compelling case to be made for allowing the use of instructional game software to achieve specific educational goals? That is, can games do something in an instructional situation that no other strategy is able to do? If so, what? Can you give examples?

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