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ICT - Networking and Communications
The sound of Wii music
Konica Minolta launches
comes to the classroom
bizhub PRO 1200 mono
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intendo and Musical Futures, ensure pupils have the opportunity to
an educational initiative that learn in a way that allows them to
introduces informal learning enjoy lessons whilst absorbing
production workhorse
approaches into the classroom information - Wii Music could be a
announce the launch of a pilot tool that supports this process in
scheme bringing Wii Music into future."
schools as an innovative learning The concept behind Wii Music –
aid. expression, creativity and learning
The pilot scheme has been running through playing music – is similar to
in five champion schools* Musical Futures innovative outlook to
identified by Musical Futures as music education. The Musical Futures
schools that are open to introducing approach doesn’t use notation and
innovation to music lessons. encourages students to play music
At each school Wii Music has been they already know. It also encourages
incorporated into the lesson plan by pupils to express themselves by
the teacher and at the end of the welcoming the use of technology
trial teachers and pupils will feedback (such as the internet) in teaching
on how useful and engaging they techniques.
found Wii Music as part of the
Abigail D’Amore, Musical Futures
learning process.
national coordinator says: “Musical
Ian Tait, head of music,
Futures is always looking for ways to
K
onica Minolta Business curves and screening.
Banovallum School says: "I'm trialling
enhance our teaching and learning
Solutions (UK) Ltd has Substrate usage is highly
Wii Music with our year 7 and year 8
approach and is fascinated to see the
launched the bizhub PRO 1200 flexible in weights between 40
pupils - principally as a starter activity.
results of the Wii Music pilot scheme.
mono production print system and 350gsm. Konica Minolta’s
Their initial response has been
We’re hopeful that Wii Music will
offering up to 7,200 bizhub PRO systems are
extremely positive. The pupils
provide teachers with an additional
impressions an hour (120 prints designed to meet the print
associate the Wii with having fun, so
way to get pupils exploring music
per minute), with a maximum industry’s preferred bleed size
through technology and developing
if that can be combined with the
duty cycle of three million for media of SRA3 (320 by
their students' interest in what is
learning process, we have a great
prints a month. The launch of 450mm). This allows full size
often an over-looked subject in
means of engagement. I've also
the bizhub PRO 1200 extends A3 documents with trim marks
schools.”
found that incorporating Wii Music
Konica Minolta’s presence in and A4 booklets to be trimmed
The results of the Wii Music trial
into lessons can be a useful way to
the digital mono print market, to size. Maximum paper
will be available this autumn.
encourage students that are
offering customers a mid-range capacity is 14,000 sheets from
disinterested in music to be more
production system with eight sources.
uNintendopressoffice
responsive and interactive in their
outstanding image quality and
For online finishing the
@redconsultancy.com
music lessons. I'm always keen to
a comprehensive range of
bizhub PRO 1200 offers a
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modular finishing options.
comprehensive range of
The exceptional image
modular options with more
quality is due to two technical
than 40 different possible
innovations by Konica Minolta.
system configurations.
As the new bizhub PRO 1200
Combinations of folding,
uses an LED (Light Emitting
punching, booklet making,
Diode) printer head, it requires
perfect binding and staple
fewer moving parts than a laser
finishing are all supported. Also
available is a smart punch unit
print head and is more reliable.
for GBC style binding that
Because the LED printing
includes the availability of
process is less complex, it is also
numerous customer
more precise offering superb
replaceable die sets for plastic
screening and exposure quality.
comb, velo bind, wire bind and
In addition the Linux based so on. Large capacity trolley
high performance RIP stacking units are available for
embedded with the bizhub off-line finishing.
PRO 1200 uses advanced uwww.konicaminolta.co.uk
screening technology with a usarah.crumpler@
tone curve utility for konicaminolta.co.uk
customised adjustment of tone u01908 200400
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