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  • I am looking for a domain name registrant. Where can I look it up?

    The Whois is an easy-to-use tool for checking the availability of a .nl domain name. If the domain name is already taken, you can see who has registered it.

    On the page looking up a domain name you will find more information about what a domain name is, how the Whois works and how the privacy of personal data is protected. Alternatively, you can go straight to look for a domain name via the Whois.

  • I would like to transfer my domain name to another registrar. What is the procedure?

    To get your domain name transferred, you need the token (unique ID number) for your domain name. Your existing registrar has the token and is obliged to give it to you within five days, if you ask for it. The procedure for changing your registrar is described on the page transferring your domain name.

  • The details registered about me/my company are incorrect or out of date. How can I get them updated?

    To update the contact details associated with your domain name, you need to contact your registrar. Read more about updating contact details.

  • Why is my domain name in quarantine?

    When a domain name is cancelled, we aren't told the reason, so we can't tell you. You'll need to ask your registrar. The advantage of quarantine is that, if a name's cancelled by mistake, you can always get it back.

    One common reason is that the contract between you and your registrar says you've got to renew the registration every year. If you haven't set up automatic renewal and you don't renew manually, the registration will expire.

  • Ik heb een klacht over mijn provider/registrar. Kan ik daarvoor bij SIDN terecht?

    Wanneer je een klacht hebt over of een geschil met je registrar dan zijn er verschillende mogelijkheden om tot een oplossing te komen. Hierover lees je meer op pagina klacht over registrar. SIDN heeft geen formele klachtenprocedure voor het behandelen van een klacht over jouw registrar.

  • What conditions do I have to meet as a registrar?

    Would you like to be able to register domain names for customers or for your own organisation by dealing directly with SIDN? If so, you can become a .nl registrar. Read more about the conditions and how to apply for registrar status on the page becoming a registrar.

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Free technology package for 2,700 primary schools

  • Tuesday 31 October 2017

We live in a fast-changing world, with one technological innovation following hard on the heels of another. In the Netherlands, the new government is therefore committed to making digital literacy part of the educational curriculum from 2019.

The initiative is being encouraged and backed up by the business community, keen to play an active part in securing the government's aims and honing youngsters' digital skills. Reshift Digital, Creative Kids Concepts (CKC) and SIDN have formed a unique partnership to provide the 2,700 CKC-affiliated primary schools with a free teaching pack, the Bendoo Arduino Box. The three organisations hope that the pack will help to get more kids interested in technology and computing. Eligible schools can get their new technology packs from the Techniek Torens stand at the IPON onderwijsvakbeurs, an educational exhibition taking place on 7 and 8 February 2018.

Programming your own traffic lights is kids' play

With the materials in the pack, learning the basics of technology and programming is a fun, interactive experience. The Bendoo Arduino Box is built around the Arduino microcomputer and includes a complete eight-lesson plan. There are guidelines for teachers and materials for kids, compiled by the educational experts at Creative Kids Concepts.

 "As soon as lights come on and things start bleeping, you see the kids' faces light up. The great thing about this kind of teaching, where kids get to build things, is that they learn through play and share what they've learned."

First, the free pack looks at just how a computer actually works. Kids discover how to build and program their own fully automated piece of technology. That might be a digital piano, a set of traffic lights or a plant watering system. "We want to make technology fun, show young people how things work and fire their imagination," says Reshift Digital's Ramon Wieleman, one of the people behind the initiative. "As soon as lights come on and things start bleeping, you see the kids' faces light up. The great thing about this kind of teaching, where kids get to build things, is that they learn through play and share what they've learned."

The teaching material in the Bendoo Arduino Box integrates seamlessly with the ongoing science and technology pathway called De Techniek Torens ('The Technology Towers'). Children work independently in small groups, making the lesson series easy for all teachers to use.

Soon all kids will be able to program

"If the Netherlands is going to retain its capacity for innovation, it's really important that future generations have the skill set to be technology creators, not just technology users. And it's up to us, the business community, to do what we can to make sure that they acquire that skill set," Ramon Wieleman continues. "So we're really pleased that, thanks to our partnership with SIDN, we can make these technology packs available to primary schools free of charge."

No time to lose

SIDN's CEO Roelof Meijer backs up that view: "It's great that the new administration is going to make digital skills part of the curriculum. But we can't just leave it at that. Everywhere you look, the world is going digital. And fast! So there's no time to lose. By making this free pack available, we hope to add impetus to the government scheme and to help primary schools get working on digital literacy."

Bendoo arduino box

About Reshift Digital

As the biggest tech-media publisher in the Netherlands, Reshift Digital reaches more than six million people a month with leading labels such as Kieskeurig.nl, Computer!Totaal and Computer Idee. Reshift organises the IPON exhibition of innovation and ICT in education, and inspires software developers with knowledge events, including J-Fall and IoT Tech Day. Reshift enables youngsters to discover technology in a modern way by producing learning packs such as the Bendoo Box and by organising the Devoxx4Kids coding events.

About Creative Kids Concepts

Creative Kids Concepts helps primary teachers deliver lessons on knowledge-intensive topics, which are challenging yet accessible and fun. CKC does that by providing high-quality, comprehensive, low-threshold teaching programmes (complete with all the necessary materials and lesson crates), suitable for immediate, integrated and schoolwide rollout.

Creative Kids Concepts has already developed three innovative, creative teaching programmes for primary schools: De Techniek Torens ('The Technology Towers', a science and technology programme), De Pittige Plus Torens ('The Tough Towers Plus', a creative supplement for gifted children) and Het KunstKabinet ('The Art Box', an art and heritage programme).

For more info, visit creativekidsconcepts.com.