The best way of learning is on-the-job-training and experience from shooting more.

I can force feed you a million books and you still won't know what the terminologies are or how to apply them. I can give you the "best" lenses, "best" camera bodies and you still won't know how to use them.

So grab the camera, go out, shoot in auto, shoot in scene modes, download your photos... take a look at them and be VERY critical in your judgement. Ask yourself what you like about that photo and why, or what you dislike about that photo. If you need some help in judging the shot, post it so we can critique but be prepared to receive harsh critiques and learn from it, or be prepared to defend your technique.

A, P, S, M modes, shutter speeds, bokeh, aperture, CLS, bracketing, HDR... all these ADD value to the shot, but if your basics are wrong - framing a photo, angle.... applying super bokeh, HDR etc won't be worth crap.

That all being said, there are many people who are very happy with brainless point and shoot shots... they dislike having to think, plan before taking a shot and just enjoy shooting whatever they like. At the end of the day, as long as it floats your boat.