Feeling like a "digital immigrant", I see how Prensky can label youth as "digital natives".  They have the skills, the desires and drives, and time, and the fearlessness to jump in and learn all there is to know about technology.

But, while I read the chapter by Boyd I thought, "Wait a minute, there is a missing piece to this puzzle." Youth are not critical contributors just because they were born in an age of technology.  They lack the skills to be knowledgeable critical thinkers when interacting with technology.  Many youth have had the opportunities to become skilled in technology.  They have the technology skills because they have time, desire, and fearlessness.  I believe that if adults are given the same opportunities they will become skilled in technology as well and also have more critical thinking skills.  The youth that do not have the same opportunities to work with technology lack the skills so they aren't digital natives just because they are born in the same age of technology.

Wesch makes a great point too about being able to work with the knowledge we have not just knowledgeable about a subject.

My opinion on the "digital native" terminology is more like that of Boyd.  People aren't just natives because they are born in the age of technology.  I believe it is something that can be achieved through experiences and knowledge about all the nuances involved in being technology savvy.