Do your students prefer the whiteboard?

Every once in a while I pause my powerpoint slides and get my colorful markers out and do a little whiteboard action. I've noticed my students always perk up and pay extra attention when I do this.

I've gotten the standard teaching evaluations where some students complain that I use powerpoints too much, but it's hard to avoid it when I teach a psych course that just involves a lot of memorizing of theories and ideas.

That being said, I am considering spending some extra time on planning such a pivot, and then doing ~50% of the class on the whiteboard. I think it would slow down the class too since I probably go too fast with ppts.

Has anyone had any experience pivoting to more of a whiteboard-based class? I would like to hear if such a change was successful in your classes, and also best methods as to how to accomplish such a transition.