> Maybe reMarkable or something like it could help bridge a student's writing with an LLM without having to fall back to a laptop or ipad

What does “bridge a student’s writing” mean?? If this is a real argument it needs to be clearer.

What’s the functional difference between a Remarkable and an iPad? The former is less responsive, costs less, and has better battery life, right? I really don’t see how that’s significant to any kind of development of anything.

Are you talking about running a local model??