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Week 1: The AI Launchpad

Learn faster and build your AI co-pilot

1.1 AI Learning Roadmap

Objective: Understand how AI learns → mirror that process → build your own learning engine.

Steps to Follow

  1. Take the AI Learning Style Quiz (connected to → LMS micro-quiz module).
  2. Export results → Google Sheet or Notion template → your “AI Learning Dashboard.”
  3. Add weekly checkpoints using AI Learning Roadmap templates.
  4. Visualize connections between skills using MindMeister or Miro map.
  5. Create a learning loop (journal → reflect → prompt AI → improve → share).

Suggested Internal Links

Tools

  1. Notion
  2. MindMeister
  3. Google Sheets
  4. Miro

1.2. Prompt Engineering Foundations

Objective: Master 20 + prompting techniques and create a reusable library.

Steps to Follow

  1. Learn the core formula: Role + Action + Goal.
  2. Re-create examples from 20 ChatGPT Prompting Techniques (#354).
  3. Experiment with “Agentic Workflows” → chain prompts to automate research or content.
  4. Save each successful prompt in your Prompt Library sheet or Notion database.
  5. Tag prompts by purpose (e.g., Ideation, Research, Marketing, Teaching).

Linked Content

  • AI Business Challenge (#429) – experiment with prompt-to-profit tasks.
  • Ultimate Cheat Sheet (#444) – compare AI tools side by side.
  • Prompt Library Starter Pack (download) – free template.

Suggested Tools

  1. ChatGPT
  2. Perplexity
  3. Claude
  4. Google AI Studio

1.3. AI Literacy for Life & Work

Objective: Learn ethical and responsible AI use → earn your certificate.

Steps

  1. Review the Five Pillars of AI Literacy (#339 course series).
  2. Take the AI Literacy Quiz → score your current awareness.
  3. Play the Bias Mapping Game (#339 – Bias Mapping Module).
  4. Reflect in discussion thread: “Where did bias appear in your prompt results?”
  5. Complete the micro-course for a digital badge (optional $12 add-on).

Cross-Links

  • 🎓 AI Literacy for CCLAC Pilot Projects (#339) – core curriculum.
  • 📈 Data Studio Survey: “AI Ethics Self-Assessment.”

1.4. AI Tools for Projects

Objective: Evaluate and compare AI apps to build your workflow stack.

Steps

  1. Download the Project Matrix Template (free).
  2. Score each tool (Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Studio) on criteria like Speed, Accuracy, Creativity.
  3. Choose three for your personal AI stack.
  4. Share your top three tools in discussion → compare with others.

Cross-Links

  • 📄 55 + AI Tools for Entrepreneurs (#352)
  • 📘 AI Tools Master List (PDF $9)

Suggested Tools

  1. Gemini
  2. Claude
  3. Perplexity
  4. Google AI Studio

1.5. Learn Anything Faster

Objective: Use AI as a study partner to master any skill.

Steps

  1. Select a topic you want to learn (e.g., marketing analytics or music production).
  2. Use ChatGPT or Perplexity to generate 5-day micro-lessons. 
  3. Turn each lesson into flashcards or quizzes with Quizlet AI.
  4. Apply it to your side hustle (#427 Side Hustle Guide).
  5. Optional: Use AI Study Buddy ($7 template).

Cross-Links

  • 🎯 Use AI to Learn Anything Faster (#353)
  • 💼 Side Hustle Guide (#427)
  • 💸 Passive Income Projects (#453)

1.6. Build Your AI Stack

Objective: Integrate your chosen tools into a repeatable workflow.

Steps

  1. Study 15 AI Tools That Will Make You $1M (#428).
  2. Review Business Automation Design (#320) for “Two-Engine Method.”
  3. List three core tools (Engine 1: Free · Engine 2: Premium).
  4. Document your workflow in the Stack Draft Worksheet.
  5. Commit to using the same three tools throughout the series.

Suggested Tools

Free: ChatGPT · Notion · Canva · Perplexity Premium: Zapier · Make · Gamma · HeyGen

Cross-Links

  • 🚀 Business Automation Design (#320)
  • 💰 15 AI Tools That Will Make You $Money (#428)

Recommended Reading

20 ChatGPT Prompting Techniques

Prompt Reference Hub

Share Your AI Dashboard Screenshot

Peer Feedback Thread

Week 1 Mini-Course (LMS Version)

AI Confidence Survey

Prompt Pack Pro Edition + AI Launchpad Dashboard