I think you should pick a technology you want to learn, get a book or two, and create actual solutions using those technology's.

http://www.safaribooksonline.com/ This site is awesome for computing information, its about $10 per month and you can read 5 books per month. Books in general give you a more comprehensive understanding of the subject.

Amazon top sellers lists for programming category's are also worth looking at:

http://goo.gl/L0lZ3 http://goo.gl/ptZCN