@SherryErney
I find PPoints to be overused. One of the worst things I see from instructors is that their entire speech IS the PPoint. They and the class read to screen verbatim...making it dull and uninviting.
I try to create PPoints that are bullet points about what I am going to instruct...the highlights.
I also try to use some of the fancier tools to make the PPoint looking more interactive and also make sure my slides are not 100% text.