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Global Innovation Game (GiG) is a new game on Facebook that now features FPSPI challenges every weekend (press release). GiG gives your FPS students the advantage of brainstorming with a global community in a game that has been designed to curate ideas and lead to social action. No matter where you are located, GiG is the game for FPS students.
 It is currently played in 20 countries!

Get Prepared for the 2011 Competition
Direct your students into GiG to play the FPSPI Solvers Saturday challenges

Players log into GiG from a Facebook account and select any challenge from the FPSPI Topic list:

FPSPI challenges have been carefully reviewed to give students an opportunity to excel in the categories we’ve selected for the coming year.

Inspire Your Students to Take Action GiG’s Promise Feature
A Promise is a personal, real-world response to a challenge in GiG, as creative as a player wants to make it. Click on the Promise icon in any challenge, describe your planned action, set a pledge goal and rally your community for support. Once your goal is met, launch your Promise!
What Promise could a player propose? A Promise can be practical, like planting trees in response to an environment challenge, or theatrical, like dressing up as a wind turbine to promote green energy. The possibilities are as wide as your imagination.

Some GiG Specifics
How do I build Status in GiG?
You earn points as an Ambassador, Socialite, Influencer and Investor. Compete to work your way up GiG’s global leaderboard!

What is Innovation Capital? 
iCaps, as we call GiG’s virtual currency, let you buy and sell ideas you see in GiG’s Solutions stream and build virtual wealth in the game. You can also use iCaps to pledge behind Promises you like.  You earn iCaps free but have the option to buy more with Facebook Credits.

When does the game end?
As a real-time, worldwide social game, GiG goes on and on. Challenges, solutions and evidence stay in the game forever – great for research. Play as often as you like. We’ll cast a global spotlight on the top players every weekend in the game!

Where do I find GiG?
All you need is a free Facebook account. Go to http://apps.facebook.com/globalinnovationgame

How do you play?
Check out this series of YouTube videos to get the inside scoop:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7BDE0D071A385A92

Have ideas for a challenge that your FPSPI teams are excited to see in the game? 
Mail your suggestions to challenge@globalmindgames.com. Challenges from teams with leaders in the GiG community will get special consideration.

Have fun, learn and help change the world for the better through problem solving in GiG!

2011 Torrance Award Results

Click on the title above to view the results of the 2011 Torrance Awards.

2011 Torrance Creative Writing Awards - completed

Students grades 2 - 12 were invited to submit stories or poems.

2011 Torrance Legacy Visual Arts Awards - completed

Students in grades 2 through 12 are invited to submit photographs of original paintings, prints, sculptures, or photographs. Winning entries will be published in the first annual Torrance Legacy Visual Arts Awards Collection.

Training in Istanbul, Turkey 2011

FPSPI training in August 2011 for Turkey.

Kristen Hadeed, an FPSer from Flagler Palm Coast, Florida, has created a thriving business and is making a difference in the lives of students' and her community!  Read how CmPS in particular made a difference in Kristen’s life.

Learn about Kristen's success and upcoming project in the FlaglerLive.com article.