(1) An eighth-grade student at the nearing proficiency level in technology demonstrates partial mastery of the prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency in technology. He/she:

(a) demonstrates a basic understanding of the overall operations and responsible use of appropriate technologies, and sometimes explores new concepts;

(b) integrates technology, with assistance, into obvious phases of projects and sometimes identifies technologies for the task;

(c) identifies and, with assistance, uses technology to communicate and collaborate;

(d) sometimes identifies the impact of technology on society but most often uses technologies ethically and safely;

(e) finds information from technological sources and, with assistance, communicates the information through a product; and

(f) sometimes uses technological skills to create a product or solve a basic problem in content area.