kids researching from Harry Potter

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 4650

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Ellimist15 at a... wrote> 
> Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, I just wanted to thank 
Steve! The 
> link from the Lexicon has made my site more popular than I ever 
could have 
> dreamed. I got over one thousand hits just today! ::hugs Steve::

You're welcome (and I always like hugs). I believe what's going on 
right now is a couple of middle school projects. I've been in contact 
with some teachers who are using the Harry Potter books with their 
classes. They assign the kids to research the etymology of the words 
in Harry Potter using your site and mine. I had to help one school 
get your site made available to them when it was blocked by their 
filtering software. I think it's pretty cool that middle school kids 
are learning about origins of words from the HP books. 

And I think it's pretty cool that they're using your site to do it! 
I'm not getting THAT many hits, so I know they're heading straight 
for yours. Congratulations :)

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon