I came accross some more Blender 3D tutorials, that I thought were pretty good for beginners (they show pretty well how to use the interface):
http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=blenderMoyesSeries001
Also, here are some more Blender video tutorial links:
http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/
http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/
And another good place to start:
http://www.blender.org/education-help/manuals-books/
http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/
http://blenderunderground.com/ (archived)
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
http://ocw.tufts.edu/Content/28/supp…aterial/366743
http://www.vimeo.com/user463660/videos