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Build a practice plan around the next skill you need.
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Start with the idea
Build a practice plan around the next skill you need.
Choose a gap you can observe. Plan practice that creates work you can inspect. Test the skill again on a different case rather than counting videos watched.
Transfer: Using a learned skill on a new case.
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A made-up teaching example
Sam writes clear prompts but accepted a fake citation and cannot explain where tools run. The plan starts with source checking and a system map. Later practice uses an unfamiliar packet.
Ask yourself
Does completing familiar examples prove the skill works on a new task?
Show the explanation
No. Include a different final case and clear checks. Describe the result as practice evidence, not independent certification.
Start with these checks
- Choose one demonstrated gap.
- Save work and the checks you performed.
- Use an unfamiliar final task.
Use the different practice case below and check every requirement in its full instructions.
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Where to go from here
Build a practice plan around the next skill you need.
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Source-based teaching example · Fictional data · Reviewed 2026-10-03. Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized. On a small screen, use fullscreen for diagram details or read the transcript.
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0:00 · What you will learn
Build a practice plan around the next skill you need.
What appears on screen
Build a practice plan around the next skill you need.
0:05 · The idea
Choose a gap you can observe. Plan practice that creates work you can inspect. Test the skill again on a different case rather than counting videos watched.
What appears on screen
Choose a gap you can observe. Plan practice that creates work you can inspect. Test the skill again on a different case rather than counting videos watched.
0:18 · One useful term
Transfer. Using a learned skill on a new case.
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Using a learned skill on a new case.
0:25 · A worked example
Sam writes clear prompts but accepted a fake citation and cannot explain where tools run. The plan starts with source checking and a system map. Later practice uses an unfamiliar packet.
What appears on screen
Sam writes clear prompts but accepted a fake citation and cannot explain where tools run. The plan starts with source checking and a system map. Later practice uses an unfamiliar packet.
0:40 · Your turn to think
Does completing familiar examples prove the skill works on a new task? Pause and decide before continuing.
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Does completing familiar examples prove the skill works on a new task? Pause the video if you need more time.
0:58 · Why this answer works
No. Include a different final case and clear checks. Describe the result as practice evidence, not independent certification.
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No. Include a different final case and clear checks. Describe the result as practice evidence, not independent certification.
1:10 · Check 1
Choose one demonstrated gap.
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Choose one demonstrated gap.
1:15 · Check 2
Save work and the checks you performed.
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Save work and the checks you performed.
1:20 · Check 3
Use an unfamiliar final task.
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Use an unfamiliar final task.
1:25 · Now try a different case
Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.
What appears on screen
Open the lesson Try the new case Check and revise The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.
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Before you start
Prerequisite: prompts, corrected drafts and audits from earlier lessons. You will identify a demonstrated skill, name a gap and plan four weeks of measurable practice. Paper and synthetic packets suffice; no paid course, account or application is required.
What you will be able to do
- State a capability claim supported by an inspectable artifact.
- Choose a next route from a demonstrated prerequisite gap.
- Design four weeks of practice with an unfamiliar final task.
Part 1 Completion and capability are different claims
Reading proves participation. An inspectable draft and audit demonstrate practice. Repeating the skill on an unfamiliar task under declared criteria provides stronger evidence of capability. Completion alone does not establish occupational competence, certification or a hiring advantage. A portfolio claim should name the task, conditions, checks and limits.
Supported by the Riley exercise: “Produced a three-sentence proposal from synthetic logistics facts and removed unsupported savings claims.” Unsupported: “Deployed enterprise AI saving 40%.” Keep evidence beside the claim.
Part 2 Choose a route from the gap
If you cannot preserve facts, repeat Foundations 01–04 before tools. If you need continuity, use Workspace for routing and reviewed notes. If you want software-building skills, use Intermediate when ready to read basic code and explain data paths. For adoption decisions, explore leadership material while preserving technical limits. Sensitive work requires its actual authorization process; course content grants no operational approval.
Academy Orientation establishes learning/data boundaries; Operator develops source-bounded use; Practitioner builds reproducible workflows and evaluation. Time estimates help planning, not guaranteed mastery. Choose a route because it closes a demonstrated gap.
Part 3 Worked example and guided placement
Synthetic Sam writes clear prompts but accepted a fake citation and cannot explain where tools execute. With 90 minutes weekly: week 1 audit Foundations 04; week 2 map Lesson 06; week 3 compare synthetic drafts; week 4 repeat on an unfamiliar packet. Acceptance: every material claim supported or unresolved; layers distinguished; one permission denial explained. Sam reports practice, not certified expertise.
Guided choices: Taylor verifies sources but needs reusable meeting summaries: choose Workspace or Practitioner packaging after prerequisites. Morgan confuses proposals and completed actions: repeat Foundations 02–04. Explain what evidence supports placement.
Substantive review: 2026-10-02. Use the configuration guide before planning tools/environments.
Interactive practice / Fictional fixture
Write your four-week plan here
Use Sam or your own non-sensitive learning notes. Place two learners, pick the supported claim, then write the plan. Our answer unlocks after you have written yours and run the checks.
Everything runs in this browser. No AI model is called and no work is uploaded. Bounded checks cover specific facts and rules. Your writing is not graded: you review it yourself. Practice never marks a lesson complete automatically.
Present evidence, one gap, four sessions and the criteria for a final unfamiliar task. Add a stop condition.
Try the task, run the checks, then revise. Checks are teaching feedback, not an instructor grade.
Observed browser simulation
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Self-review
Locked. Write every written part, then run the checks. A few words is not an attempt.
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Your four-week plan
A strong answer
Present evidence: Sam writes clear prompts. Gap: Sam accepted a fake citation and cannot explain where tools execute. Sessions, 90 minutes weekly: week 1 audit Foundations 04; week 2 map Lesson 06; week 3 compare synthetic drafts; week 4 repeat on an unfamiliar packet. Final criteria: every material claim supported or unresolved; layers distinguished; one permission denial explained. Stop if a fact is unsupported or a permission is uncertain. Sam reports practice, not certified expertise.
A flawed answer
Weeks 1 to 4: read more about AI and watch some videos. After that I will be certified and ready for an AI job.
What is wrong with it: No session creates an artifact anyone can inspect. No criteria are observable. There is no unfamiliar final task and no stop condition. It claims certification and job readiness that reading cannot support.
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