Rebecca Fordon unpacks vibe coding and the eight AI teaching tools she built in a single semester on episode 623 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Vibe coding, I think of being able to describe the kind of application or website that you want in just words, a narrative, rather than having to code it, knowing coding language.

Vibe coding, I think of being able to describe the kind of application or website that you want in just words, a narrative, rather than having to code it, knowing coding language.
-Rebecca Fordon

I think the easiest place to start is in ChatGPT, or Gemini, or Claude Code.
-Rebecca Fordon

Many of my students have not used it for anything related to law school. Until they get into my class, and then they see there actually are some good, legitimate uses.
-Rebecca Fordon

If you want to mess with things on your own, you can really just ask AI: How do I do that? Where should I look?
-Rebecca Fordon

Resources

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: One Semester, Eight Vibe-Coded Teaching Tools
AI Law Librarians
TokenExplorer
NPR’s Driveway Moments
David Colarusso
Lovable
Replit
Video: Bonni Shows Jon Ippolito’s Connect Random Things Exercise
Jon Ippolito’s Connect Random Things Exercise
SongLink (Odesli.co)
Wolf Worm, by T. Kingfisher
Snipd
Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, by Bednar, Cleveland, Erbsen, and Schwarcz