yahoo finance has a lot of good easily readable beginner information, just punch in a ticker symbol and they give you almost everything you need in real time, it updates about every 15 minutes or less. Other than that, library, or online library. I learned a lot just from the library on my trading site. Take the information then pick a stock and war-game out your strategy without actually buying anything. Just to get used to the flow of the market. If you go to
Hulu - Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free. you can watch the series Wall Street warriors, it will give you some good insight into how the street works, how traders operate, what moves a stock, etc.