Trainers’ Toolkit – Question of time

	Exercise nr 37: Question of time
Duration	15 min
Type of activity	Social / Body / Emotional / Cognitive
The goal of the exercise	The goal is to see how relative the sense of time is, see yourself and your perception of time in a group.
Group size	8-20 participants
Hashtags	#time #perspective #diversity
Apps	Zoom
Materials	Trainer’s presentation
Exercise agenda	Prepare some commonly used time expressions e.g: Moment Soon In a while Shortly At a glance Immediately Write these terms on separate presentation slides. Ask the workshop participants to write down in their notes, individually, how many minutes or days it is: “a moment”, ”soon”, “shortly”, etc. When you have read all the terms, ask participants to share their answers. Discuss with the group for a moment how we perceive time differently. Do you have a similar understanding of time in your group? When and in what situations is it beneficial to precisely define time frames for tasks?
Possible modifications	It’s up to you if you would like to have a presentation in this exercise.  You can choose to list the timings, speak slowly, and simply. You can stop the video option and ask participants to turn off their cameras to help everyone concentrate better.
Credits	Compiled by Fundacja Culture Shock for TRENDSS – Transnational Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (https://trendss.eu/)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union