<p>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.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><!-- PRODUCTION SUPPORT: replace the two lines below with the quote-graphic <img> tag (full size, Center alignment) and any plain-text quotes, each followed by -Rebecca Fordon on its own line --><br /> <img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-21347 aligncenter" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png" alt="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." width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE623-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>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.<br /> -Rebecca Fordon</p> <p>I think the easiest place to start is in ChatGPT, or Gemini, or Claude Code.<br /> -Rebecca Fordon</p> <p>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.<br /> -Rebecca Fordon</p> <p>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?<br /> -Rebecca Fordon</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ailawlibrarians.com/2026/03/04/cant-stop-wont-stop-one-semester-eight-vibe-coded-teaching-tools/">Can&#8217;t Stop, Won&#8217;t Stop: One Semester, Eight Vibe-Coded Teaching Tools</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ailawlibrarians.com/">AI Law Librarians</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/rlfordon/TokenExplorer">TokenExplorer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/series/700000/driveway-moments">NPR&#8217;s Driveway Moments</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.davidcolarusso.com/">David Colarusso</a></li> <li><a href="https://lovable.dev/">Lovable</a></li> <li><a href="https://replit.com/">Replit</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/DLTuNHUPv5c?si=s7a1Lj_QjvbwD-w0">Video: Bonni Shows Jon Ippolito&#8217;s Connect Random Things Exercise</a></li> <li><a href="https://nmdprojects.net/teaching_resources/ai_random_connections_exercise.html">Jon Ippolito&#8217;s Connect Random Things Exercise</a></li> <li><a href="https://odesli.co/">SongLink (Odesli.co)</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781250829825"><em>Wolf Worm</em>, by T. Kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.snipd.com/">Snipd</a></li> <li><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6525800">Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, by Bednar, Cleveland, Erbsen, and Schwarcz</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>