Presentation
Hello everyone, my name is David, and today I am going to talk about
programming—its uses, its aspects, and how it is all around us every day.
Page 1 What’s programming, and how we can code?
In simple words, we can say that programming means giving instructions to a
computer or a machine so that it can perform a task as many times as we have told
it to.
But to do this, we need to write the instructions in a language that the machine can
understand. For example, if we write the instructions in English or Spanish, the
computer will not understand what it should do.
Page 2 What code languages we have?
That’s why we use a very important tool called programming languages. Some
examples are Python, JavaScript, and C++. We can code with all of them, but each
one has its own specific field of application.
Page 3 Programming in our daily life
In daily life, we use apps on our phones and computers like WhatsApp, Facebook,
TikTok, YouTube, and games. All of these were created by groups of
programmers.
Page 4 Uses of the programming
In my view, programming has improved areas like science, education, and
factories:
In science, for example, programming was used to develop AlphaFold 2,
an artificial intelligence that helped researchers understand proteins and
DNA, supporting studies in medicine and helping develop a cure against
malaria. It is also being used in research about endangered species.
Currently, scientists are working on releasing AlphaFold 3.
In education, there are platforms like Google Classroom and Duolingo
that use artificial intelligence to teach people more efficiently and make
teachers' work easier.
In factories, programming is a huge advantage because it saves money,
reduces human error in repetitive tasks, and can monitor production in real
time.
Page 5 My own programming project: Smart House
Finally, I would like to say that in the future, I want to study programming. In my
experience, I have tried simple programming languages like MakeCode and
Scratch. These are different from professional coding languages because instead
of writing lines of code, they use blocks that you can connect to make something
work. They can be used to create all kinds of things. For example, in my school, I
used MakeCode to build a smart house with a thermometer and an automatic door
—everything programmed using code blocks and sensors.