🎯 Learning Intention

I will explore how scripts automate tasks, connect them to the history of DOS, and practice writing pseudo-code that links to batch files, Python, and even SQL.

✅ Success Criteria

• [ ] I can explain why command-line interfaces (DOS) were powerful and how GUIs changed computing.
• [ ] I can write a pseudo-script using batch-style commands.
• [ ] I can translate a simple idea into Python pseudo-code.
• [ ] (Stretch) I can recognize how scripting also applies to databases (SQL).

🌍 Why We’re Learning This

Modern IT work builds on decades of automation. DOS → Batch → Python → SQL → Cloud all use the same principle: tell the computer exactly what to do, step by step. Learning the logic of scripting gives you a foundation to master real-world certifications and coding tasks.

🧭 Agenda (47–50 min)

1) Warm-Up (Tech Journal, 5 min)

“Imagine you had to use a computer with no mouse, no icons, no apps — only black screen + typing commands. What would be hard? What would be powerful?”

2) Mini-Lesson (12–15 min)

• History: DOS (Disk Operating System) → users typed everything by hand.

  • Example commands:

    DIR     (list files)
    COPY    (copy a file)
    DEL     (delete a file)
    
    

  • Why revolutionary → GUIs (Windows, Mac) made computing accessible.

• Transition: But even today, IT pros return to command-line because it’s fast, precise, and scriptable.

• Show sample batch file code:

  @echo off
  echo Hello AniVation!
  pause
  
  

3) Guided Practice (15 min)