ELT : Education and Technology : David Crystal. Hello readers! Here is my blog on David Crystal's video about Education and technology. In his three particular videos he talks about The effect of new technologies on English. The biggest challenge for English language teaching in the times of the internet and texting is 'Good' for English language. Video 6 : David Crystal : The effect of new technologies on English. In this video he talks about the effect of new technologies on English. Technology always influences language. In the 19th century telephone arrived. people don't know what to do with the telephone. Telephones were going to be the biggest disaster in society. So new technology sometimes becomes a disaster also. Examples of new technology. Technology arrived Wide web - 19991 Google - 1990 Email - 2000s Text message - 2000s Instant message - 2000s Blogging - 1997 Blogged - 2003 Facebook - 2004 YouTube - 2005 Twitter - 2006. This are the examples of new techno...