I joined thequiltshow.com which has many video classes, including about 12 videos for beginner long arm quilters. I've watched them all. The instructor shows the ruler in use. Then there's also QNNtv.com They have an entire show called Quilt It which is solely for long arm quilters. I haven't watched all the shows they have for long arm machines, but there are quite a few. Once I could see how the templates/rulers were used it makes much more sense.
Another site to watch videos of templates:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...8&feature=plcp
http://quiltdasher.blogspot.com/