Post 1 - Define the term "Skills"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skill

1. The ability, coming from ones knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc, to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.

2. Competent excellence in performance; expertness; dexterity: The dancers performed with skill.

3. A craft, trade, or job requiring manual dexterity or special training in which a person has competence and experience: the skill of cabinetmaking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill

A skill is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. For example, in the domain of work, some general skills would include time management, teamwork and leadership, self motivation and others, whereas domain-specific skills would be useful only for a certain job. Skill usually requires certain environmental stimuli and situations to assess the level of skill being shown and used.

My own definition of "Skills"
My own understanding of the term "skills" is meant to do something well and resulting in achieving a certain goal, skills can be part of anything for example, in terms of school work, one of the required skills needed in this would be to have good listening skills in order to understand the topic/subject.
Some skills in relation to media productions:
- Communication skills
- Group work skills
- Technical Skills- Using edit suites and camera
- Production skills
- ICT skills e.g. Knowing how to use different types of software's including finding resources and information on Internet, using Microsoft word, PowerPoint etc.