Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Back-to-School Essentials You’ll Actually Use! ✏️”.
It is everyone’s favorite time of year back to school. I can feel your excitement through the screen put in all seriousness: don’t click away because I’m gon na share my list of back to school Essentials, we’re talking tech, tech accessories and more to hopefully make your academic life a little easier. I’M Jessica – and I graduated college two years ago, so from one recent student to another. This is what you actually need. I use all of this now too, so even if you’re not in school.
Hopefully, this list can still help you all the products are in the description, along with chapters. If you want to skip around, let’s get into it. Taking digital handwritten notes is something I wish I did sooner. Handwriting can help with retaining information and doing it digitally allows you to store your notes in the cloud or on your computer and save some trees.
I did this with an iPad in college and liked that, but to be totally honest, there are less expensive options that I probably would have used if I’d known about them at the time. This is the remarkable two, an e-ing sketch tablet that starts at 300. Like an iPad, you can use it to take handwritten notes, annotate, PDFs and store your notes electronically, and in my experience it has a more paper-like feel than using an apple pencil on the iPad. This is the rocket book core, reusable notebook and it’s an even more affordable option at just 37.
This thing is really cool. You can write in it with pilot. Friction pens scan your notes with the rocketbook app and send them to the cloud then just dampen the included microfiber towel to erase the page and dry it to reuse it.
In my opinion, this feels the closest to writing on regular paper and allows you to store your notes electronically, you’re just missing out on the ability to annotate PDFs. I preferred handwriting my notes, but I like doing pretty much everything else on my laptop. You know.
Writing essays, taking Zoom calls checking Instagram when I should have been watching a lecture that kind of stuff there are tons of laptops and what you pick will ultimately come down to what you study. But I saw a lot of MacBooks on campus and use one myself. So that’s what I’d buy if I were starting school, this fall specifically starting at a thousand dollars.
The 13 inch M1 MacBook Air is currently the most affordable air and is a solid choice. If you’ll be using your laptop for the kinds of tasks I mentioned, and if you are only going to get one thing from this list, this is also what I’d recommend grabbing, but from one student to another. You should not pay full price for it.
I’Ve seen it drop down to 750 at retailers like Best Buy and if you do want to buy it at Apple, get it from the education store for 10 off and if you have one buy it on an Apple card for three percent cash back. That’S what I did when I bought my last laptop Apple’s, also currently offering up to a 150 Apple gift card, with a Mac purchase as well as 20 off Apple Care, Plus for its back to school sale. Carrying this thing is a workout. You will be lugging that laptop from home to lecture Halls to libraries and, more so you’ll want to protect it.
This is a keyboard cover and laptop case bundle from mosiso and it’s 19. Amazon. Now, why do you need it? Well, by the time I graduated, my keyboard had gathered so many crumbs that I couldn’t fully press down on all of the keys gross and could have been prevented with this, and if you happen to spill liquid on your keyboard, which happens to some of us, it’s Me I’m some of us. This will help protect it and a case will prevent your laptop from getting scratched or dented.
Plus I accumulated a lot of stickers in college from clubs and events and having a casement. I could put them on my laptop without feeling like I was damaging it. This bundle includes other accessories like a screen protector, but I prefer cleaning my screen with a microfiber cloth, so I can’t recommend that part of the set, but I do love the case and keyboard cover and for extra cushioning on the go. This is thank you.
The bagu puffy laptop sleeve and it’s 32 dollars. I love this because it’s made of recycled material and comes in really fun patterns. I have this Cherry one which isn’t available right now, but bagu periodically refreshes their designs and there is always something cool, I’m showing all of these accessories on my work laptop, which is a MacBook Pro, but they are also available for the MacBook air I recommended headphones. Were a must for me to really get in the zone if you can go without noise cancellation, the 60 Sony ch520 headphones are a good option, they’re lightweight and comfortable, and have decent sound quality and a great battery life.
I’Ve even seen the black pair drop down to as low as 38 dollars at retailers like Amazon. That is amazing. I never had noise canceling headphones in school, but here’s the Hawkeye used for a similar effect listening to white noise through my headphones. I used this study power audio on YouTube and it does a pretty decent job of building outside noise plus, who wouldn’t be inspired to be productive by this cover art.
But if actual noise cancellation is a non-negotiable for you, the 150 Sony ch720n headphones are another good option. They are also lightweight and comfy and have good sound quality and great noise, canceling and ambient modes. Headphones are great for studying, but I preferred wearing earbuds as I walked around campus one because they’re less bulky and two because they let in a bit more sound. So I could stay aware of my surroundings.
I used the original airpods in college and still recommend them more specifically. I’D get the second gen version, because the sound quality is great for what I need and because starting at 130 dollars, they’re, currently the most affordable airpods at Apple and I’ve seen them drop down to a hundred dollars. We love that next, aside from getting a degree, what is college for, if not sitting on the grass in between classes vibing to music with your friends here – is the speaker. I’D recommend for that. The JBL go 3 Eco, it’s 50 water and dust proof and has surprisingly good sound quality for how small it is, and it’s largely made of recycled materials to make it more sustainable. That is a lot of tech and you’re gon na have to charge it all, but you can use this.
This is the 60 anchor 735 charging brick. I was constantly looking for multiple outlets at once in school. When I should have just had this, there are two USBC ports and a USB a port, so you can charge three devices at once game changer. This is perhaps the nerdiest thing I am including in this list, but aside from a laptop this seven dollar life mate badge holder may be the most important thing you buy for school in college. My student ID was my key to everything: dorms dining Halls. Libraries, you name it so I needed easy access to it.
I liked having it on a lanyard like this and my last back to school essential. Is this backpack from matine Maiden mate in? I don’t really know, but it’s great it’s forty dollars, but I have seen it as low as 24 at retailers like Amazon, which is amazing. I’Ve been using it for over six months and it’s maintained its shape and has lots of pockets, which I love, including this hidden back pocket, and something really cool is that this backpack is also a charger just plug a power bank into it.
And you are good to go and those my friend are my recommendations for back to school Essentials. Let me know if you have any questions about these products if you’ve tried any of them or if you have any of your own back to school Essentials that I didn’t include. Let’S help each other out in the comments. Thank you so much for watching .