Effective Teaching with PowerPoint: A Learning Theory Approach

Link to resource (By David M. Antonacci)
"This presentation examines teaching and learning from an information-processing perspective, using the events of instruction developed by Robert Gagne. It shows you how to apply these ideas to developing PowerPoint presentations that effectively support instruction. It also presents many example slides highlighting important instructional capabilities of this technology."
Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction:

1. Gaining Attention - Reception. Use abrupt stimulus change.
2. Informing Learner of the Objective - Expectancy. Tell learners what they will be able to do after learning.
3. Stimulating Recall of Prior Learning - Retrieval to Working Memory. Ask for recall of previously learned knowledge or skills.
4. Presenting the Stimulus - Selective Perception. Display the content with distinctive features
5. Providing Learning Guidance - Semantic Encoding. Suggest a meaningful organization.
6. Eliciting Performance - Responding. Ask learner to perform.
7. Providing Feedback - Reinforcement. Give informative feedback.
8. Assessing Performance - Retrieval and Reinforcement. Require additional learner performance with feedback.
9. Enhancing Retention and Transfer - Retrieval and Generalization. Provide spaced reviews and varied practice.

you master these nine events of instruction in your PowerPoint (Breeze) presentations you have basically mastered the Instructional Design component . Though, you still need some creativity to really gain the learners' attention.