An animation about Runner

I read the book Runner by Carl Deuker this weekend. I really liked it. Chance and his dad struggle to make ends meet, and his dad can never seem to keep a job. They live on a run down sailboat. Chance is desperate to make some money to pay the bills. When a strange man on the docks approaches him with the opportunity to make $200 a week to pick up packages on his daily run, it seems too good to be true or at least legal. What will Chance do?

I was just playing with the tool GoAnimate. It is a really simple way to create animations. I thought I'd use the tool to make a teaser about the book. If you try out goanimate, please share what you make!

Be Funky - An imaging tool

I am working on the new version of the Learning Center website this weekend. I was looking for a tool to convert a photo to become a more cartoon-like image. I found an easy one to use, Be Funky, and the results are so cool!

Before getting funky

and after

Playing with DUMPR - a tool for altering digital photos

So cool! I was able to upload a picture into dumpr and alter it into a number of formats. I, obviously, chose the Rubik's Cube. Then there were all kinds of applications where I could place my new picture. This blog post appeared without me having to create it at all. I went in to add this text after the fact.
I went in to look at the terms of use, and you have to be at least 13 to use the site.