My first impression of Pageflakes was TOO BUSY and the page takes a long time to load.  However, after studying all of the information coming to me, rather than me going out to find the information, I liked Page Flakes better and better.  It was very easy to move, edit, and add the various flakes.  I think students would really like using a webpage like this.  I think I would advise my teachers to create a different Pageflake page for each Unit OR Subject they are currently studying and want their students to use for accessing information and also colloborating with groups for projects.  Or if they had a self-contained class, they could create a different page for each group to work and colloborate on.  I think I would focus on Social Studies and Science themes to start with, but it could really be utilized for any subject.