It helps our Learning I believe that social networking sites are beneficial for our learning because... 59% of students with access to the internet report that they are use social networking sites to discuss educational topics and 50% use the sites to talk about school assingments. OR introduced a social media program to engagestudents, Grades went up by 50%. Chronic absenteeism went down by 33% and 20% of students school-wide voluntarily completed extra credit assignments.