[naner]

There is no new Basic. Computers are massively more complex now and expectations have changed as well with the Internet and tablets and smart phones being what they are. Most first-world kids would be bored out of their minds with Basic.

But Python is a fine programming language for beginners. A Raspberry-pi would be another good teaching tool. Processing might be interesting to some kids as well...

But there is no new Basic, no new Logo, no new Oregon Trail, no new Math Blasters. Those things belong to a different era.