Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Teaching with AI Tools with Rebecca Fordon

About this episode

Rebecca Fordon discusses vibe coding and the AI teaching tools she developed in a single semester.

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 tag (full size, Center alignment) and any plain-text quotes, each followed by -Rebecca Fordon on its own line --> 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…

People in this episode

Host: Bonni Stachowiak

Guest: Rebecca Fordon

Topics covered

• AI tools in education
• vibe coding
• teaching strategies
• law education
• technology in the classroom
• student engagement

Keywords

• AI teaching tools
• vibe coding
• ChatGPT
• law education
• student engagement
• technology in education
• teaching strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AI Law Librarians, TokenExplorer, NPR, Replit

Products: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude Code, SongLink

Books & works: Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, Wolf Worm

More episodes of Teaching in Higher Ed

• Naming the Urgency: Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Ed · June 11, 2026 · 48 min
• Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Reading with Malini Johar Schueller · June 4, 2026 · 28 min
• How to Engage Learners in Online Courses with Denise Maduli-Williams · May 28, 2026 · 39 min
• Why Mattering Matters with Jennifer Wallace · May 14, 2026 · 41 min
• The Public Scholar with David Perry · May 7, 2026 · 42 min
• The Joyful Online Teacher with Flower Darby · April 30, 2026 · 40 min