Abstract:
In computer science education, the topic of computing
theory is one that is commonly not well received by students.
Career-oriented students often view the topic as
irrelevant, and would rather learn new skills and technologies
that they perceive will improve their future employment
prospects. This paper outlines an approach that
attempts to blend these two apparent extremes by using
"popular" technologies, including XML, to motivate and
illustrate concepts of computing theory in a first-year undergraduate
computing subject.
