(1) A graduating student nearing proficiency in the use of technology demonstrates partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills. He/she:

(a) often applies skills and procedures, and sometimes explores new concepts and operations;

(b) integrates technology, with assistance, in obvious phases of projects, and sometimes selects the appropriate technologies for the task;

(c) demonstrates limited independence in using technologies to communicate and collaborate;

(d) sometimes evaluates the impact of technology on society and uses technologies ethically and safely;

(e) uses technology to locate some information and to organize the information to communicate through a product; and

(f) sometimes evaluates and uses technological skills to create a project or solve a problem in a content area.