Thursday, September 18, 2025 – Cyber 1

🎯 Learning Intention

I will connect historical forms of automation (like DOS and batch files) to modern AI systems, and explain what has stayed the same about why we use automation.

✅ Success Criteria

• [ ] I can describe one way DOS/batch scripts automated work in the past.
• [ ] I can explain one way AI automates tasks today.
• [ ] I can connect both to the bigger idea: automation saves time, reduces errors, and makes work easier.

🌍 Why We’re Learning This

From typewriters to DOS to Google Docs to ChatGPT — automation keeps evolving, but the purpose is the same: help humans get things done faster. By looking at history and today’s AI, we’ll see how automation is part of every era of technology.

🧠 Warm-Up (Tech Journal, 5 min)

“Think back to your history project. What’s one repetitive task you have to do over and over (research, notes, formatting, etc.)? How would you automate it if you could?”

📺 Formative Lecture & Discussion (10 min)

• Quick recap: DOS → Batch → Macros → Python (system-level automation).

• Introduce today’s video (Crash Course AI Ep. 1).

• Central Question:

  How has the purpose of automation stayed the same from DOS scripts to modern AI?

🎥 Video + Guided Notes (15 min)