post 1: Defining skills

need to define the term skills as it will help us understand the skills we already posses and which ones we need to develop.

A skill is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skills

Skills: The ability to do something well, usually gained through training or experience
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/skill.html

Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Skills

My definition:
A skill is a capability that we learn through many processes. Mainly the skill is learnt by being taught the specific skill. Most skills are used in day to day life and that we use these skills to cope with the modern world. Skills can be linked to the media industry because of the changing demands that media forces us to meet. This can be linked to our media production by myself learning how to use a piece of equipment, such as the edit suite or how to create something, such as an editied picture on the computer.