Basic is a really interesting language for education. Nowadays, apart from Scratch that is a visual environment, mainly two languages are used for education: Py

Basic is a really interesting language for education. Nowadays, apart from Scratch that is a visual environment, mainly two languages are used for education: Python and JavaScript (for the Hour of Code etc.). But when you start, when the kid is 6-years old, Python's indentation doesn't help, and JS is not ideal either. With BASIC, you just start coding. A while ago I participated in a workshop by http://www.my-hexagon.com http://www.my-hexagon.com ; a Duinomite from Olimex was used there. It was a refreshing experience to see how immediate the response is from the sensors and how quickly you can control the hardware with a simple BASIC interpreter actually running on the board - a huge difference from Arduino when the kid is asking, "Dad, why does it take so long to upload the sketch?" Heck, even with Mindstorms you have this delay. Duinomite is a joy to use, the only drawback being its limited VGA output that is not great on modern high-resolution screens.