IS THE ART OF TEACHING A COMPUTER WHAT TO DO.

I'LL START WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR.

LIKE, A SCREWDRIVER IS A TOOL

THAT IS MADE TO KIND OF TURN SCREWS,

AND ON ITS OWN, IT'S USELESS.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT IN YOUR HAND

AND KIND OF TURN IT TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

Peters: A COMPUTER ACTUALLY LEARNS A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS

AND ACTUALLY TRANSFORM THAT INTO A WAY OF SHOWING A MOVIE

OR PLAYING AN AUDIO FILE OR DELIVERING FACEBOOK.

AND THAT WHOLE STUDY OF HOW THE COMPUTER THINKS

IS COMPUTER SCIENCE.

Campos: IT'S CODE,

AND SO CODE IS A BUNCH OF SYMBOLS AND LETTERS,

BUT IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE A LANGUAGE.

Bigio: I GOT HERE FROM PUERTO RICO,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW ENGLISH,

SO I HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO PERFECT MY ENGLISH.

PROGRAMMERS DO THE SAME THING.

THEY LEARN NEW LANGUAGES TO DO NEW THINGS.

THEY ARE INPUTTING THIS LANGUAGE

AND THIS INSTRUCTION INTO THE COMPUTER

SO THE COMPUTER CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT THEM TO DO.

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Frederick: GROWING UP, I WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PEOPLE

WHO HAD ACCESS TO A COMPUTER AROUND ME.

AND I REMEMBER BEING BORED ONE DAY AND I PICKED UP THIS BOOK

THAT WAS NEAR THE COMPUTER THAT SAID "BASIC PROGRAMMING,"

AND IT HAD THIS REALLY SIMPLE

"GETTING STARTED, HELLO, WORLD" PROGRAM

THAT YOU COULD WRITE IN BASIC,

AND I REMEMBER WRITING IT AND RECOGNIZING THAT,

"WAIT, HOLD ON. I JUST PUT THIS THING IN

AND TOLD THIS COMPUTER HOW TO DO THAT, AND IT CAME BACK OUT."

AND I HAD MY BROTHER COME IN AND USE IT,

AND HE'S LIKE, "OH, MAN, YOU MADE THE COMPUTER SAY HELLO?"

I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I DID. ISN'T THAT COOL?"

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Ghadiyali: IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES, YOU SPEAK LANGUAGE

AND YOU USE THAT TO COMMUNICATE AND INSTRUCT

WHEN YOU'RE AROUND PEOPLE.

SIMILARLY, A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

IT'S JUST A LANGUAGE THAT YOU'D USE TO TALK TO THE COMPUTER.

Frederick: AND THINK ABOUT THE FIRST THING YOU DO

WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING.

LET'S SAY IT'S AN ALARM CLOCK.

THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS

THAT SOMEBODY PUT INTO THAT ALARM CLOCK

TO TEACH IT HOW TO TELL TIME,

HOW TO RESPOND TO YOU HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

YOU'RE WALKING OUT OF THE HOUSE

AND YOU JUMP IN YOUR CAR AND YOU START IT.

THERE ARE LOTS OF COMPUTERS IN THERE

FIGURING OUT HOW TO TURN THE ENGINE THE VERY FIRST TIME,

HOW MUCH GAS TO PUT IN.

THE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT INTO

ALL THESE LITTLE DEVICES YOU'VE USED THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY

JUST MADE YOUR DAY THAT MUCH EASIER TO GET THROUGH.

Bigio: YOU WANT DIRECTIONS OR YOU'RE DIALING A PHONE NUMBER,

YOU'RE ACTUALLY INTERACTING WITH A COMPUTER

TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT HAND.

THAT'S COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PROGRAMMING RIGHT THERE,

EVERY DAY IN YOUR HAND.

Ghadiyali: PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO HAVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD.

THERE IS NO OTHER CAREER, NO OTHER FIELD

WHERE YOU CAN TOUCH SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES

WITH JUST A SIMPLE SOFTWARE OR A SIMPLE APP.

AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY ALSO IMPORTANT

FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED

BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT COMPUTERS ARE EVERYWHERE,

PROGRAMMING IS EVERYWHERE,

AND WE WANT AN EQUAL REPRESENTATION

WHEN WE ARE BUILDING PROGRAMS.

Frederick: WE NEED PEOPLE

WHO HAVE A BROAD RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES

TO FIND DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.

Bigio: CREATING PRODUCTS FOR THE PEOPLE,

YOU NEED TO BE THE PEOPLE.

AND IF WE HOPE TO HAVE PRODUCTS OUT THERE

THAT REALLY SERVE OUR NEEDS, WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED --

PROGRAMMING, LEARNING COMPUTER SCIENCE,

AND BEING PART OF THE CREATION PROCESS

OF THIS NEW WAVE OF INNOVATION.