September 2004 Welcome to the KCDA HotSheet The KCDA Hot Sheet has been developed to alert members to new contracts, market or price changes, and contracts that are nearing renewal. In this issue you will find: New Contracts Smart classrooms Edulog Contracts Expiring Furniture Contracts Services Supply Link Shipping New Contracts Smart Classrooms This August, the KCDA Board of Directors approved a bid award for Smart Classrooms to Saxton Bradley Inc. This contract offers the Ideal Classroom designed to engage students thru Technology. Included under this contract are Sound Enhancements, Interactive Whiteboards and Quizdom Interactive Learning Systems. Qwizdom Interactive Learning System are a hand-held devices that allow teachers to achieve a one-to-one student/technology ratio in a controlled, and frustration free environment. The system provides instant feedback and grading, engages and motivates all students, increases learning and productivity. Teachers can create their own lessons or questions using text, images, animations, sound, equations, and more. The students can input answers for numeric or sequencing problems as well as multiple choice, true/false, or yes/no questions. For more information, please link to www.saxtonbradley.com under Presentation Systems and Educational Technology Tools - Back to Top - Edulog Currently under KCDA contract, EDULOG, a leader in transportation software, provides innovative and cost-effective programs to over 1,200 districts across the nation, ranging in sizes from 200 to 1.3 million students. Edulog offers administrative software including; School Bus Routing, Enrollment Studies, Field Trip Management, Fleet Management, Boundary Planning, Demographic Analysis. Edulog handles all of the technical maintenance, data entry, and map updates, thus increasing productivity and efficiency in school districts. For more information you may link to www.edulog.com - Back to Top - Expiring Contracts  Furniture Contracts KCDA’s Furniture contracts are scheduled for re-bid in December. To ensure 2004 pricing, Saxton Bradley and Virco have agreed to hold prices on orders placed before 12/15/04 for furniture items scheduled for delivery in 2005. Utilizing current contract pricing can mean a cost savings for your district. - Back to Top - Services Supply Link Users  The beginning of the school year brings with it changes in personal. To help with a smooth transition, please let us know if Supply Link users have changed locations or left the district. It is particularly important that we quickly update those identified as cart approvers so that orders from staff can be acted upon in a timely manner. - Back to Top - Shipping directly to schools Many districts have taken advantage of KCDA's ability to ship directly to the schools. Orders placed by noon for product in our Kent warehouse can be delivered directly to the end user by the next day. Please let us know if your district would like to take advantage of this service - Back to Top - If you wish to have additional staff members added to this list please e-mail us their name and address at customerservice@kcda.org. King County Directors' Association 18639 - 80th Ave. South, Kent, WA 98064 1-800-422-5019