In easy mode the icons generally get highlighted by a semitransparent background.The behaviour of icons can be changed so that they become larger when they get selected.There are two ways to get the bouncy icons on the easy mode
the graphical way is to download ATM-Anshul's Theme Manager by SUNNYNARULA18 and install it.After installation navigate to icons tab and then chose the icon mode as bouncy in the combobox and select apply the instructions for installation and link for download as well as other features of ATM can be found here
the instructions for getting the bouncy icons by semi manual way is detailed here
P.S. 1.this has been verified to work on eepc701 by the author and eeepc900 by rokytnji
2.the forum post regarding bouncy icons and ATM is http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=75959