What a great beginning to explaining options and there are many ways to learn for free. For example check out the following site:
CBOE - Learning Center
Here you can register for free and get many of the webinar's that in the archive and learn the different strategies for free. Education in any investing group is paramount to making money. However I do want to warn you that there are many people who will attempt to train you in option trading and you could spend quite a bit of money and not learn how to make money with options.
The Options Industry Council is another site with lots of free information:
888Options.com - Your Destination for Options Education - Check them out as well.
There are many ways to use the basic calls and puts but the biggest issue it managing your risk and not losing much money. As with any new investing training - paper trade before you try.
Good Luck and keep learning.