Specific Outcome Objectives- see also Skills Outline

Masters of one's own fate:

• Developing in students an internal locus of control- that is, the sense that they are masters of their own fate, rather than being victims of their environment, luck, and powerful 'others'.​
• Decision Making- see Steven Johnson on decision-making.

Independent learning skills- see Developing Self-Directed Learners

• Ability to research, learn, and apply information with minimal guidance, using various types of sources including online courses, websites, and videos
  • ​Examples:
    • ​EdX: Programming in Scratch
    • AutoDesk: Getting Started in Fusion 360
    • Adafruit: Learn Arduino
    • Youtube Creator Academy

• Effective communication skills
  • ​ELA:( see 2017 Standards)
    • Oral
      • ​Interviewing 
      • Negotiation
      • Making a Pitch
    • Written
    • Web Design ​​​- Able to create and maintain a personal or business web site that effectively communicates skills and services
    • Photography- Able to take, edit, and upload effective images
    • Video- Able to create effective short documentary video

Observation skills

• Sketching/visual perception/Mindful Drawing
  • ​See David Macaulay  Understanding by Sketching
  • Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
• Technical drawing principles​

Life Skills

• ​Money management
• Grooming/Appearance
• Overcoming Obstacles Curriculum​​

​​​Graphic Design Skills

• 2D Graphic Design- e.g. Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Gravit
• 3D Computer-aided design-e.g., SketchUp, Fusion 360
• Photography and photo editing- e.g., PhotoShop

Technology skills

• Electronics technical skills- soldering, circuit board assembly, component identification
• Simple electronic circuits (not detailed solid-state design); understanding of voltage, resistance, power, etc.
• Basic machine tool skills- drill press, saws, Dremel, router, use of fasteners
• Expertise in use of digital fabrication tools- 3D Printer, ShopBot, Lasercutter
• Biotechnology techniques(?)

Computational Thinking Skills[i]

• Scratch
• Makecode for Microbit
  
• Python
• Arduino

Artificial Intelligence skills

• Understand common applications of AI- computer vision, natural language processing, recommender systems, robotics, targeted advertising/business analytics
• Understand AI Concepts- framing ML problems, datasets, bias, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, model training, reinforcement learning, deep neural nets, decision trees

Entrepreneurial skills-See "17 Skills Required to Succeed as an Entrepreneur"- 

• Expertise in identifying problems for real-world clients (empathy/design thinking)
• Design and prototype solutions for them
• Connecting with mentors/developing social capital

              See Launch-X :https://www.edx.org/course/becoming-entrepreneur-mitx-launch-x-3
                                     https://launchx.com/school-clubs/

See also: https://learning.linkedin.com/blog/education/10-skills-all-students-need-to-be-successful