Thing 21: PageFlakes

A mixed review of PageFlakes. It seems very similar to iGoogle. I’m not sure that I’m comfortable with the layout. I found it quite wordy or busy to use with elementary students. I looked at several elementary page flakes and wasn’t sure that elementary students would navigate the pages easily. But I definitely want to give it a try and see how it goes. Specifically I like the pageflake example with the math resources organized by topic. But I’m wondering why would I organize the information this way and not on a website or hotlist page. Why is pageflakes better? I think I’m missing something that pageflakes offers that a regular webpage doesn’t. I’m thinking that using a google site offers me the collaborative environment so why should I use pageflakes?

I see the benefit of having all of this information on one page. But I need to play with it more – not sold on this one.