I'm sure it would be great for my class. Oh, if I only had time to search the internet for class projects or build my class web page. And it will be over before you know it. I'll give you a few moments to grumble. Now here are some ideas you might want to try after you get back from the beach or have a moment after you finish that novel you've been waiting all year to read.
Power point is the industry standard of corporate presentation tools.
If corporate America can use it to make sales and cost projections sound interesting, then why can't you use it to give your history lectures a little more punch. As I give students the rules orally, they can read them on the screen above me. I even put clip art on the pages to give a visual cue for each rule. It's amazing how well students remember the rules. I've used the same presentation for the last 2 years now, and will most likely use the same one again this fall.