I agree that PowerPoint is used badly in most cases.  One thing I didn’t see discussed though is PowerPoint being used in the form of games……..I’m curious about Nate’s thoughts on this.  I uploaded two games I created in PowerPoint to my TappedIn office.  I used these games with my class whole group.  I showed them on my television screen through the use of a scan convertor and allowed students to take turns coming to the screen to choose the answers.  Therefore, it may be a little difficult for you to follow in some cases, because it was teacher led…….(for example, in the rhyming pictures, you are supposed to find a picture that rhymes with “hog”, but you might call it a “pig” if you didn’t know better.)  Curious to know if PowerPoint used in this way is more useful as a tool or still seen in the same light…………..