{"id":13,"date":"2025-09-11T20:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:08:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little Owl Final Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1YaDPCI9MZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d1c656ed wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-asterisk\">Little Owl Construction Co.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Little Owl Construction Co. is a five-person team of graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center. The team is working with ETC Outreach, Extension, and Engagement to build a prototype of a physical interactive platform in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania to get middle-schoolers interested in higher education in the entertainment technology industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By leveraging the design methodologies and team-based learning used at the ETC as inspiration, they aim to create an experience where children can take on interdisciplinary roles and tell a story collaboratively using creative technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-2 is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LittleOwlConstructionCo_Character_Logo-1024x948.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LittleOwlConstructionCo_Character_Logo-1024x948.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LittleOwlConstructionCo_Character_Logo-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LittleOwlConstructionCo_Character_Logo-768x711.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LittleOwlConstructionCo_Character_Logo.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d1c656ed wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-4 is-style-rounded--3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" style=\"width:594px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagc.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-asterisk\">Boys &amp; Girls Club<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boys &amp; Girls Club is a national organization of local chapters which provide voluntary after-school programs for young people. Their mission is to enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Their vision is to provide a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters their doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-6 is-style-rounded--5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/setup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/setup.png 887w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/setup-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/setup-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\">Our platform allows middle schoolers to collaboratively create an animatronic performance. They get to try their hand at different disciplines by using our different stations: story, backdrop, movement, sound, and lighting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-8 is-style-rounded--7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-07-230953-1024x509.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-07-230953-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-07-230953-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-07-230953-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-07-230953-1536x763.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-07-230953.png 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><strong>Story Station:<\/strong> Guests work together and use word tiles to fill in the blanks in our story prompt. They take this story to the next stations to create their animatronic performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-10 is-style-rounded--9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/movement-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/movement-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/movement-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/movement-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/movement.png 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\"><strong>Movement Station:<\/strong> Guests program the movement of the animatronic using code blocks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-12 is-style-rounded--11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/art-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/art-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/art-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/art-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/art.png 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\"><strong>Backdrop Station:<\/strong> Guests create the art that goes behind the animatronic using a drawing tablet. They can either draw freehand or utilize our coloring-book-style backdrops or our sticker assets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-14 is-style-rounded--13\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sound-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sound-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sound-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sound-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sound.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\"><strong>Sound Station:<\/strong> Guests can access our sound library to add sound effects to each line of their code. They can also pick background music and ambient tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-16 is-style-rounded--15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1096\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lighting2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lighting2.png 1096w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lighting2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lighting2-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/little-owl-construction-co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lighting2-768x416.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\"><strong>Lighting Station:<\/strong> Guests can design the lighting of the performance by choosing the RGB values of the lights. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Owl Construction Co. 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