It's not too burdensome to add a notebook and pen to your kit. When I was last in school, I also used an iPad (with GoodReader, GoodNotes & Voice Dream, 'cuz e

It's not too burdensome to add a notebook and pen to your kit. When I was last in school, I also used an iPad (with GoodReader, GoodNotes & Voice Dream, 'cuz each is better than the others at at least one thing I care about), but I only used it for reading and annotating books & papers. I agree that it's not a great option as a replacement for a notebook.