It is amazing how changing jobs provides an opportunity to realize things you have always wanted to do, but never made time for. I now make time for so many things that a couple of years ago I did not see the value in making time for. I Tweet, I blog (obviously), I use Digg and Social Bookmarking. I value my cell phone as a professional, not a personal communication device. Those are just a few...probably a whole blog post on just that topic alone!
Recently though, I found value in another aspect of education; journals and magazines that discuss topics that are pertinent to my job and education in general. I have a new respect for learning about what is going on in education, not just in Kentucky, but all over the United States, and in many cases, the world. I also like to read and follow journals on technology, so that I can keep myself up todate on new and exciting changes in technology that might benefit education (iPad, foldable screens, etc)
So the question then becomes what Educational Journals do you read? Well, there are tons that you can find on many different subjects and even content specific journals. What I also like is that so many of them can just be emailed to you and you can have a digital journal. Makes for storing, saving, and using the resources a lot easier.
First and foremost, I suggest Education Week. You can also find them on http://twitter.com/educationweek. They have different subscription offers, and one is free to get a limited amount of articles, but you can still read main articles for free on the front page, as well as some other resources.
Another one that I got a free membership to is THE Journal, Technological Horizons in Education. They also have free newsletters on different topics related to technology in education. They are also on Twitter as well @THE_Journal.
If you are looking for some specific journals, you can find some using this list that was compiled by Professor Ross Perkins at Boise State University. On the lsit you can find links to the journals as well. There are so many journals on this list, I don't even no where to begin to tell you to focus. Many I did not know about, and many that don't get a lot of attention, but have great resources.
Think Twice about subscribing to some of these journals and discovering your own education news source.
I would also add Edutopia and Tech & Learning to the list of great journals. These were my lifelines before I discovered edublogs and Twitter.
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