I have been using this wikibook to learn how to use Blender

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro

It's pretty good.. helped me start out and learn the basics that I need to get a setup that I like that opens as standard now. and shows how to use many of the different function in blender... but (so far) it seems pretty basic stuff..

Hope you find it useful :D