Minnesota Power hosted its 2nd annual “Titan Teen Challenge.”High school students left the classroom and transformed into top executives at the click of a start button."I think it's actually a lot of fun I really like video games and stuff," Titan Business Challenge Competitor Heather Wayryren said.
"It's fun and challenging," Titan Business Challenge Competitor Caleb Krochalk said.Like many of the students Heather and Caleb have big dreams of success."I want to go into plastic surgery or cosmetology," said Wayryren.
The mini CEO’s were grouped into teams and played “Titan,” a simulated business game where they got to run their own business selling 3D T.V.’s."It's cool I guess cause you get to make all the decisions," said Krochalk They priced, marketed and invented features for their products.
"Video conferences, satellite antennas that connect you from everywhere,” said Wayryren. There's smellovision, so you can smell what's going on."The goal was to make their untis sell and stand out over their competitors and become the true business Titan."It's like a virtual real world experience," said Wayryren.
Students saying the simulation was not just fun and games.
"There's some tension too,” said Krochalk and Wayryren. You think about the other teams, get nervous, but you just gotta try not to think about it."Officials say the game allows students to get insight into the real world of business."See how it is to work together as a team,” Minnesota Power Manager of Resource Planning Julie Pierce said. Solve problems as they arise and then see those results almost real time."