Go Sequencing offers fantastic customization options. It is possible to not only change languages; you can add your own sequences, remove sequences, and select when the app moves to the next screen!

From the select player page, a tap on the settings “gear” in the upper right-hand corner will bring up the customization screen. In addition to changing the language setting, a number of other customizations are available.

Instructional Audio. Go Sequencing provides instructional audio for every page. Simply tap on the button to toggle the audio on/off.

Play Sequence before Task: Provides an audio/visual presentation of the sequence before asking the player to sequence.

Display text with image: allows the text associated with level 1 activities to display.

Play Sequence after Completion: Provides a video review of the activity when the player has correctly sequenced the cards.

Move to Next Automatically: automatically moves to the next activity once the sequence is completed. Toggling this off allows the professional to encourage discussion of the activity for further language enhancement.

Add Custom Sequences: allows the professional to create custom sequences.

When creating custom sequences, it is easy to tailor the sequence with task specific pictures. Simply tap on “add new” and follow the steps. Activities with up to 6 sequences can be added. Audio for the individual steps is added by tapping on the record button next to the title.

Adding in personal photos and sequences provides a video model for teaching task completion as well as sequence recall (Johnson, et al, 2013).

Modify database: allows the professional to toggle on/off specific activity sequences.

Simply tap on the sequence that is not wanted and it will darken. This activity will no longer display during play. To reactivate the sequence, simply tap the activity again and the picture will become active.

Found at the bottom right-hand corner of the Select player screen, this button allows an individual to open the Therapy Report Center (a free Smarty Ears App designed to make data collection and caseload management easier). Simply follow the on-screen directions to import multiple players at a time.

“There is a wide range of sequencing opportunities from functional and familiar activities such as crossing the street, brushing teeth and lunch time to more abstract sequencing concepts found in literacy activities, like the life cycle of a butterfly.”
Lindsay Oesch, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD

Go Sequencing makes things easy for the busy professional by tracking data and compiling it into a report card.

For the player, each screen has ten stars on the bottom of the page. The color of the star will change from GOLD to BROWN depending on the number of times the student must answer before selecting the correct sequence.

For every correct answer in Go Sequencing a star is filled on the bottom of the page.

An answer that has taken more than one try results in a brown star, while a correct answer on the first try results in a gold star.

With the wealth of data available Go Sequencing is a great way to help students meet common core requirements in English Language Arts. As early as Kindergarten, students are expected to be able to narrate events in the order in which they occur. The First grade literacy standard w1.3 requires students to sequence events. This requirement continues throughout elementary grades. In grade 7, students are expected to complete narratives and engage the reader by organizing sequences that allows the narrative to unfold naturally and logically (CCSSI, 2014). Sequencing skills, such as those in Go Sequencing, are ideal for tracking narrative ability.

Sequencing requires the individual to identify components of a story (beginning, middle, and end) and retell a story in order. This ability is a critical key to story comprehension strategies. As such, Go Sequencing is an idea component for Response to Intervention (RTI) as well. The app, with teacher direction, allows for an intensive teaching of the material, and expansion of vocabulary, and application of the skills learned. The data collection that occurs for each player allows individual progress monitoring to occur. Exporting into and out of the Therapy Report Center ensures progress monitoring is maintained easily.