If you're shopping for your campus needs or helping to equip your children or loved ones, consider adding a smart notebook to your back-to-school list.

These notebook and notepad picks offer a satisfying writing experience with different types of pens and pencils.

A Smart pen is connected via Bluetooth to a Moleskine Notes app and links to a Smart Notebook, which enables words and drawings to be transformed into digital documents.

Moleskine Smart Writing Set Smart Notebook & New Smart Pen The Smart Writing Set includes a Smart Pen, Smart Notebook, a charging wire, and an ink refill.

The best digital pens let you take notes the old fashioned way while saving them to your phone or computer.

Then, when I got to college, I filled up an entire Moleskine notebook each school year with daily thoughts, class notes and short fiction.

The smart notebooks, planners, and cahiers cost around $30 each, the same as regular Moleskine products. When you're out of ink, the smart pen takes standard D1 mini refills.

Moleskine Smart Writing Set Smart Notebook and New Smart Pen (2022) Offering the classic Moleskine design, this smart notebook comes with a smart pen that captures each stroke for easy digitization.