Charlie Fitzpatrick, of ESRI (they're the ArcView/ArcGIS folks!) has treated EAST students to a couple of hour-long live on-line demos of ArcGIS 9, ArcGlobe, and interfacing with SketchUp. The sessions were recorded, so you can download them to play back anytime. Be sure to have your sound turned on.

ArcView 9 for EAST Broadcast live on 9/9/04.
An overview of key
features, including
Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst,
StreetMap, and Publisher.
Approx. 40 Mb.
screen shot of arc 9 tutorial
SketchUp and ArcGlobe for EAST students Broadcast live on 11/23/04.
This video walks you through the steps for integrating 3-D models of buildings made in SketchUp into an ArcGlobe
screen shot of sketchup tutorial