TWT and me

Where to begin...
Teaching with technology is a necessary evil. As the world changes so must its educators. It is really the fundamental rule in education. Be open, desirous, and flexible to change as it can hopefully benefit the students after all.
I am glad to be on the cusp of a real tech explosion in the classroom but I am also a bit resistant. Most of what I see, SmartBoards, WebQuests, Wikis, seem helpful, if not growth oriented. I am afraid that it will take over, like a virus (no pun intended) and it will become acceptable in any form. For instance, i may sound old fashioned, but the advent of the cell phone and worse texting is going to have long-lasting and terrible effects on the language and writing skills of tomorrow. It has been a struggle for so long to teach ELA, grammar, etc and this just adds a whole new element. Many believe that text language, emoticons, abbreviations, etc will become part of the common language and proper English will fall by the (slow) wayside. This alarms me. It is not just progress, as all past generations dig their heels in about youth and all its entrapments. Of course language is as malleable and delicate as any major aspect of society. But the integration of tech and the classroom is tempting the fates. How do we, as educators, provide the right type of tech while keeping out the "bad"?
I want to believe that even though the OED has added popular vernacular such as "Bling" and that trusted newscasters misuse the word literally and supposedly ("Supposably") that the English Language will stand firm. How? I don't know. Maybe WITH technology.