Hi Christine! Excellent comments regarding story-telling as part of instructional persona - it is such a powerful and personal tool in presenting topics and applications to learners of all ages, and students tend to assimilate and remember content better when stories, metaphors, symbols, analogies and examples are used. For more info on storytelling, here is an interesting article in the Association for Psychological Science Obsever: Storytelling in Teaching by Melanie C. Green Type in "Storytelling in Teaching" in your browser, then click on APS Observer-Storytelling in Teaching Jay Hollowell EL106 Facilitator