Pageflakes

I just spent the last two hours putting together a Pageflakes page for No Child Left Behind. It was really just a way for me to practice putting one together to see if it is something I could give to my kids as a research tool. I'm not sure how I feel about it. What's more work? Researching for hours looking at website after website, database after database, or putting together a Pagecast? I almost feel like Pageflakes is an unnecessary middle step. Sure, the information all comes to you, but doesn't it all come to you anyway if you're doing the research? It might continue to give the most current information, but I'm trying to weight the cost/benefit here, and I'm not really seeing the benefit being greater than the cost. Is there anyone out there that can convince me otherwise? I'm open to convincing. Also, if anyone has any "How-To" lessons for the website, I would love to see them. I think I was probably making it more complicated than it actually is...